This week the Brexit tyres hit the parliamentary road, and it is time to focus on the goal coming into view. In the past few weeks we have seen employment reach another record high, companies such as Samsung Electronics invest in the UK’s artificial intelligence operations, 6,000 new jobs announced in Manchester, and even the US Senate establish a committee to expedite a UK-US free trade deal. It is clearer than ever that our balanced economic approach is getting Britain fighting fit to take on the process that lies ahead.

Of course there will be interesting moments to come. The decision to leave the EU will see our access to EU markets change as new opportunities open up. It will see us outside the institutions