18 Dec 2019

UK Government is sworn in, promises to get Brexit done

From First Up, 5:08 am on 18 December 2019

To the UK now where the government is to add a new clause to the Brexit bill to rule out any extension to the transition period beyond the end of next year. The UK is set to leave the EU on 31 January, more than three and a half years after the public backed Brexit in a referendum. With a majority of 80 following last week's general election, Mr Johnson is expected to get the bill into law with few changes in time for the UK to end its EU membership on 31 January. Joining us now is our correspondent Alex Cadier in London.