Theresa May has said she will be the Prime Minister to take the UK out of the European Union.
She admitted she does not believe her time as PM will end with Brexit, insisting theres a lot more for me still to do.
Mrs May was speaking at the end of a G20 summit where world leaders asked the PM for certainty about the UKs future.
She set the scene for an intense week of efforts to get support in Parliament for her Brexit deal ahead of the crucial vote on December 11.
If she loses the vote by a humiliating margin, it will likely throw the country into chaos.
The next nine days are a really important time for our country, leading up to the vote on this deal, she told a press conference in Buenos Aires.
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I will be talking with Members of Parliament obviously and explaining to them why I believe this is a good deal for the UK [and] why it is a deal that delivers on Brexit.
But it is also a deal that protects jobs and the economy, and why passing this deal in the vote that takes place in the House of the Commons will take us to certainty for the future, and that failure to do that would only lead to uncertainty.
I think what people want, and what Ive been hearing here at the G20 is the importance of that certainty for the future.
Asked what she would like her legacy to be if she is forced out of her job, she replied: There is a lot more for me still to do, not least delivering on Brexit and being the Prime Minister that does take the United Kingdom out of the European Union.
Opportunities for trade in the wake of Brexit were at the top of her agenda for the two-day summit, where she held talks with the leaders of Australia, Canada, Japan, Turkey and Chile.
The Prime Minister said the summit had been productive, with friends and partners making clear that they are keen to sign and implement ambitious free trade agreements with us as soon as possible.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe issued an appeal to avoid a no-deal withdrawal from the EU, urging her to ensure transparency, predictability as well as legal stability in the Brexit process.
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His plea follows warnings from UK-based Japanese companies, including Honda and Nissan, about the additional costs and bureaucracy they would face from a no-deal outcome.
Mrs May said she had negotiated a good deal which will allow Japanese business to maintain trade relations with Europe.
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She said she had spoken with Japanese investors in the UK, adding: One of the key messages they have given is about the importance of being able to maintain a good trade relationship with the EU when we have left.
Thats what the deal that has been negotiated delivers.
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