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.

Millions of special 50p coins to mark the "turning point" of Brexit day will enter circulation on 31 January, the Chancellor has confirmed.

Boris Johnson has heralded “a new chapter in our nation's history” after signing the official document which formalises the UK’s exit from the EU next Friday.

The UK is guaranteed to leave the European Union after the Queen rubber-stamped the Prime Minister's Brexit Bill.

MPs have overturned a bid by a veteran Labour peer to let child refugees settle with their families in the UK.

Boris Johnson has been handed a fresh defeat in the House of Lords after peers backed calls to reinstate protections for child refugees in his flagship Brexit bill.

Boris Johnson has suffered a major blow after peers inflicted three defeats on the Government's flagship Brexit Bill.

Guy Verhofstadt suggested that the UK could rejoin the EU in the next few decades as young voters will demand it. 

Agreeing a free trade deal between the UK and Brussels by the end of 2020 is "just not possible", according to a senior EU official.

The British Overseas Territories should be invited to become equal members of the United Kingdom after Brexit, according to a former Conservative minister.

The Tories are in a commanding position to address the many outstanding issues that have accumulated over the past few years. From boundary reforms to a bold offer to the Overseas Territories, former minister John Penrose has plenty of ideas for how his party can make the most of its newly acquired power. The MP talks to Sebastian Whale