EU citizens will be able to continue to move freely from the Republic of Ireland into the UK after Brexit, the Government has admitted.

The Road Haulage Association has expressed reservations after the government has said it does not want any border posts between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in its new position paper on Brexit - it suggests a ‘new customs partnership’ or a ‘highly streamlined customs arrangement’.

Cabinet splits on a post-Brexit transition deal with the European Union have reopened after Liam Fox and Boris Johnson called for a customs pact to be in place for no longer than a year. 

Brexit Secretary David Davis's former chief of staff is to lead a new pro-EU political party, it has been confirmed.

Brexit will not mean "a return to the border posts of the past" between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the Government has insisted.

Graeme Swan, Government and Public Sector partner at EY, has commented on today's Customs Union announcement.

Road Haulage Association director of policy and public affairs Rod McKenzie who was in Downing Street for the announcement said: “Ministers said the plans would mean the ‘free-est and most frictionless possible trade’ with Europe. This could include a ‘temporary customs union’ after Brexit to prevent border problems.”

Labour’s position on Brexit has been thrown into further confusion after a senior frontbencher repeatedly refused to clarify his party’s position.

A top Brussels official has dismissed the UK Government's plans to strike a "temporary" customs deal with the EU after Brexit as "a fantasy".

David Davis’s former chief of staff has launched a scathing attack on the Brexit Secretary, accusing him of only working a three-day week and "leering" over Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott. 

The UK will try to strike a “temporary” customs union with the European Union immediately after Brexit, it has been announced.

A pro-Brexit campaign group has launched a bid to have Philip Hammond and Amber Rudd deselected as MPs.

At the end of March 2019, when the UK leaves the European Union, the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will be the only land border between Britain and the European Union. 

Plans for a new political party with the aim of stopping Brexit have taken a step forward after its logo was unveiled.

Brexit decisions are being “rushed through” in order to quash fears of a lack of action by the Government, according to civil servants and ministers.

Former minister Anna Soubry has become the highest profile Conservative to say she could join a new party over the Government’s stance on Brexit. 

David Miliband has called for Parliament or the British people to have the opportunity to keep the UK inside the European Union at the end of the negotiation process. 

Philip Hammond and Liam Fox have united to declare that the UK will seek a transition deal with the EU but will not stay in the bloc "by the back door".

As the Prime Minister prepares to trigger Article 50 negotiations to leave the European Union, MPs have sent Downing Street a clear message – expanding the nation’s hub airport is the most critical infrastructure project to secure the long-term prosperity of Britain’s economy, ahead of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point and the new HS2 rail link. 

It’s been a week of interventions from former aides, of Tony Blair revealing he was once a Marxist, of a former Chancellor insisting climate change is no biggie. How much do you remember?

Two serving Cabinet ministers are sympathetic about a plan to set up a new centrist political party in opposition to Brexit, according to the former Conservative aide who is driving the idea. 

Ministers have been accused of trying to “water down” access to justice after Brexit by removing the ability of citizens to sue the Government for breaches of EU law. 

David Davis’s former chief of staff has intensified his attack on leading members of the Government, suggesting Boris Johnson should be prosecuted for his role in the Brexit campaign.

Westminster needs to make “serious and significant” changes to post-EU devolution plans to win MSPs’ support for a crucial bill, Scotland’s Brexit minister has warned.