THE trigger was pulled on Brexit yesterday - with Redditch MP Karen Lumley insisting the move will restore sovereignty and assert "Britain’s place as a globally trading nation".

Theresa May's letter to invoke Article 50 was hand-delivered to European Council President Donald Tusk in a blaze of publicity shortly before 1.30pm, starting the two-year process.

Mrs Lumley described it as a "historic" day.

"In triggering Article 50 the Prime Minister will put us on the path to exiting the EU and begin negotiations," she said.

"I am confident Theresa May is the best person to deliver the best deal for Britain, with her decisive and clear leadership.

"I look forward to a smooth and orderly Brexit that restores sovereignty and asserts Britain’s place as a globally trading nation."

Mrs May yesterday told MPs it was her "fierce determination to get the right deal for every single person in this country".

"This is an historic a moment from which there can be no turning back," she said.

"We can take control of things that matter most to us and build a stronger, fairer Britain.

"This is our ambition and our opportunity and that is what this Government is determined to do.

"This great national moment needs a great national effort - let us come together and work together, let us together choose to build a Britain with optimism and hope."

Her letter, pictured below, reveals exactly how Article 50 was triggered.

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WORCESTERSHIRE MEP’S BREXIT WARNING

A WORCESTERSHIRE MEP fired a Brexit warning yesterday - saying the Prime Minister must get a good deal.

Labour's Neena Gill, who represents the entire West Midlands region in Brussels, said Theresa May risks running into huge problems during the negotiations.

"It's key we deliver some level of certainty, but I think the fear is that the Prime Minister has already ruled out several options which would have given us that," she said.

"To remain in the Single market, would have given farmers (for example) some degree of certainty.

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"I actually think that by triggering the process now, we're going to have two years of uncertainty before we know the eventual outcome.

"Now we've got key sectors asking us, 'we can have exceptions because we can't survive without EU migrants'.

"The agricultural community is saying that, universities are saying that, and the health service, engineering and IT."