The EU's Brexit chief met British officials on Monday (June 12) to try to hammer out a date for the start of formal talks, as concerns grew that negotiations could be delayed by the fallout from Britain's chaotic election.
The 60-year-old leader said she had tapped experience across the "whole of the Conservative Party" when she appointed Michael Gove, a long-serving cabinet minister who had clashed with May when she was home secretary, as agriculture minister.
Nearly a year later, and with Mr Gove a shock appointment in his new role during Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle following last week's General Election, NFU leader Mr Raymond has called for him to give the farming community fresh assurances about the future.
"We need to get on with the job of reducing the deficit so that we do not saddle the next generation with the burden of debt, and the larger the deficit the more money that should be spent on health and education is actually spent on paying down debt". "These are not people we can trust", he said.
"The business community is well aware of the damage that may be caused by uncertainty as an unstable government negotiates a controversial Brexit deal", he said.
"Licensing and access to plant protection products is another area of concern for United Kingdom farmers; the NFU has consistently advocated for regulation to be based on robust, scientific evidence and consequently I very much hope you will be able to give your support to the reauthorisation of glyphosate which is a very important product for British farmers to have access to".
The Leader of the Opposition was greeted with cheers and a 45-second ovation as he arrived at the first meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party since the election which saw Mrs May's Tories lose their Commons majority.
"We must remain in permanent campaign mode on a general election footing".
The Times newspaper said finance minister Philip Hammond would push May not to leave the customs union - an arrangement which guarantees tariff-free trade within the bloc but prohibits members from striking third-party trade deals.
Despite writing a column for the same edition of the paper, the former journalist said it was "news to me", adding that the story may have involved a "slight amount of top spin".
Apart from Gove and her close ally Damian Green, promoted to Cabinet Office minister to oversee the day-to-day running of the government, May confirmed most of the ministers from her previous cabinet.
The talks Tuesday with the Democratic Unionist Party follows her apology to Conservative rank-and-file lawmakers in a meeting which signaled she would be more open to consultation, particularly with business leaders demanding answers about the details on Britain's departure from the European Union.
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It comes after Mrs May told Tory MPs: "I'm the person who got us into this mess and I'm the one who will get us out of it".
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said last Friday that Brussels would be ready "at half past nine" the next morning if Britain was ready.
With her government majority at zero, May has no control over Parliament a week away from the Queen's Speech, when new laws are presented, and the scheduled start of Brexit talks.
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The move might offer hope to Conservative lawmakers who have criticised her style of government.
Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland who is credited with a surprise win of 13 seats for the party there, said yesterday that the PM needed to "look again" at Brexit.
Supporters of "hard" and "soft" Brexit tried to take advantage of the political chaos in Britain on Monday to promote their visions amid fears that their rivalry could revive old divisions in the Conservative Party.
I grew up in one of the safest DUP seats in Northern Ireland - North Antrim, represented in Westminster by Ian Paisley Junior, the son of the party's founder.
Sinn Fein is understood to be furious at some of the DUP's demands, which include cutting off foreign funding for parties in Northern Ireland.
Even if May manages to cling on to power, there could be significant delay to Brexit and many other areas of government policy, such as the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy.
Fallon told the BBC the government would be able to muster parliamentary support for its Brexit plans, adding: "Our view of Brexit I don't think has changed".
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