Leo Varadkar has urged Boris Johnson to "tone down the nationalistic rhetoric" as the Prime Minister prepares to make a speech calling for "no alignment" with the European Union after Brexit.

Dominic Raab has rejected a claim from the EU's Michel Barnier that the Brexit agreement makes customs checks in the Irish Sea "indispensable".

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has praised the "strength of our unrivalled ties" he defended his "tough" approach to Brexit negotiations.

Boris Johnson said Britain had "taken back the tools of self-government" as Britain formally left the European Union after years of political drama.

Tony Blair has called on the UK to “make the best” of Brexit as he conceded the time is not right to push to rejoin the European Union.

With the UK on the way out of the European Union, you might expect Steve Baker to be feeling triumphant. Instead, the Brexiteer feels a degree of “melancholy” at the events of the past three years. Sebastian Whale talks to colleagues past and present about the Wycombe MP; the reluctant ‘Brexit hardman’ who played a crucial role in marshalling Eurosceptics in parliament. Photography by Baldo Sciacca

Keir Starmer has said he would undo Boris Johnson’s push to end European freedom of movement if he became Prime Minister.

Businesses will face more regulations and bureaucracy when trading with the EU after Brexit, Michael Gove has admitted.

The EU needs to recognise the mutual advantage of coming to a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with a friendly neighbour, says Owen Paterson MP.

The same patriotic optimism that led the UK into the European Union must now be applied to what comes next, says Labour MP Peter Kyle.

The UK will officially exit the European Union at 11pm on Friday night, more than three and half years since the public voted to leave, so how did we finally get here?

Brexit will herald "the dawn of a new era" which will spread opportunity across the UK, according to Boris Johnson.

For Remain campaigners, the evening of 12 December proved devastating. Months if not years of work to preserve Britain’s membership of the European Union had gone up in smoke. How do they plan to pick up the pieces? Sebastian Whale reports 

Stephen Barclay is set to receive a £17,000 golden goodbye as the Brexit department begins to wind down ahead of the UK's exit from the European Union.

Steve Baker has revealed that he wants to be International Trade Secretary as Boris Johnson plans a major Cabinet reshuffle.

Britain's departure from the EU has cleared its final hurdle after MEPs backed the Brexit deal struck between Boris Johnson and Brussels.

The Brexit deal struck between the UK and EU will inevitably lead to customs checks in the Irish Sea, Michel Barnier has insisted.

A multi-million pound advertising blitz designed to get the public ready for Brexit did not make them "significantly better prepared" for it, the public spending watchdog has found.

Mark Francois has finally admitted defeat in his fight for Big Ben to bong at the moment the UK leaves the European Union.

Boris Johnson will take personal charge of the next phase of Brexit talks with a new 'Taskforce Europe' team working under him, Downing Street has announced.

We currently receive €1 billion a year in grants from Horizon 2020. Unless we can secure a good research and development deal with the EU after Brexit, our influence will suffer, writes Lord Bassam. 

The European Union will have the upper hand in post-Brexit talks with Britain, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has claimed.

Britain will not diverge from European Union rules "for the sake of it" after leaving the bloc, according to the Brexit Secretary.

Boris Johnson must not rub Remainers' "noses in it" with a raft of "unwise" celebrations on Brexit day, Lord Heseltine has warned.