25/07/2019 17:08
Boris Johnson: Premiership will be the start of a golden age
Boris Johnson has promised the "beginning of a new golden age", as he made his first Commons statement as PM.
Speaking to MPs, Mr Johnson said his government would throw itself into Brexit negotiations with energy.
He also assured EU citizens living in the UK they would have "absolute certainty" of their right to live and remain in the country.
On Brexit, he told MPs, minister Michael Gove would make planning for a no-deal Brexit a "top priority".
Despite emphasising the importance of preparing for a no deal, Mr Johnson said he would "much prefer" to leave the EU with a deal and added that he will work "flat out to make it happen".
However he told MPs the withdrawal agreement - negotiated by Theresa May with the EU - was "unacceptable to this Parliament and to this country".