The Prime Minister is conducting talks with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland before triggering Article 50 and formally starting to process of taking the country out of the EU.

Her meeting in Wales comes after the former Home Secretary slapped down Sturgeon’s ploy for a second Scottish independence referendum within a matter of years before any Brexit deal can be struck.

Mrs May will be joined by Brexit Secretary David Davis and Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns. She is expected to meet Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones, as well as business leaders and experts from other sectors.

The meeting will coincide with the Government’s signing of the £1.3billion Swansea City Deal, signed alongside local authorities and the Welsh Government, which aims to create 9,000 jobs in the region.

Mrs May said before the visit: "From my first day on the steps of Downing Street, I made clear my determination to strengthen and sustain the precious Union.

"I have also been clear that as we leave the European Union I will work to deliver a deal that works for the whole of the UK.

"I want every part of the United Kingdom to be able to make the most of the opportunities ahead and for Welsh businesses to benefit from the freest possible trade as part of a global trading nation."

Her visit to Wales is the second in just a matter of days, after the Prime Minister was in Cardiff for the Conservative Spring Forum on Friday.

Mrs May moved to allay fears that Britain could be torn apart by Sturgeon’s desire for another referendum and called for a more “united Britain”.

The Prime Minister added that she would fight to keep the "the precious, precious union" amid calls for a second Scottish independence referendum.

She insisted that although Britain has four nations it consists of “one people”.

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