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Theresa May is to host a vast conference call with business leaders about Brexit and the Brussels summit, No 10 has said, speaking to 120 chief executives and chairpeople on Friday afternoon.

The call, which is due to last up to an hour, is “to update business on the Brexit negotiations and the European Council discussions”, May’s spokeswoman said. Companies involved include Tesco, RBS and Diageo, as well business groups like the CBI.

May has faced significant pressure from the business world about the continued uncertainty of the Brexit outcome, and this is the first time she will have personally taken part in this post-summit conference call, which is usually led by officials.

“She’ll be talking to them about the discussions this week at council, and taking questions from them,” the spokeswoman said. “She was keen to talk to them after an important week.”

She will host the call from her constituency. We are promised more details after it is over.

May is still for now in Brussels for the post-summit Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) conference, where she is meeting the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, and the Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, among others.