The Prime Minister has now finished delivering her Brexit speech.

Here's Asa Bennett the Telegraph's Brexit commissioning editor's take:

Little has come out of the Brexit talks so far that would convince the British people that much has been accomplished, so Theresa May had to explain why it was worth persisting. Her insistence that “Britain’s future is bright” - clearly inspired by Boris Johnson’s sunny Telegraph essay - will lift their spirits.

After months of morose rhetoric from Remainers - which ministers like Philip Hammond could not resist either - about Brexit, voters will have buoyed to see their Prime Minister declaring that she “looks ahead with optimism” to the “defining moment” of Britain exiting the European Union. But what price are they willing to pay for freedom?

The Prime Minister didn’t take the cake off the menu, but made clear that leaving would not be cost-free as "we cannot leave the EU and have everything the same”. The process will require Britain to get its chequebook out, as she tacitly conceded that at least £20 billion would be paid as part of its transition process.

Many voters will bristle at her apparent generosity, as the latest poll shows that most voters - 65 per cent of those surveyed by ICM - feel that such a sum would be “unacceptable” as an exit fee. Such a sum will only cover a fraction of what the EU feels Britain has to pay to “settle its accounts”.

Mrs May steeled the British people’s resolve, but levelled with them that a smooth departure is a “matter of choices”. If she hopes to agree a deal that will impress the British people, she will have to work hard to convince them that her choices secured them value for their money.