Michael Gove has been sacked as justice secretary and replaced by Liz Truss as Theresa May forms her new government, in her first full day as UK PM.more
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday urged new British Prime Minister Theresa May to swiftly engage divorce talks with the European Union.more
Theresa May on Wednesday became Britain's new prime minister, taking over from David Cameron with the task of negotiating Britain's exit from the EU.more
Counter-terrorism police are investigating after packages containing white powder were sent to Islamic to mosques and Islamic centres in Tottenham, Leyton and Finsbury Park on Thursday.
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Spain's acting foreign minister says Brexit presents Spain with the best opportunity on Gibraltar since the Treaty of Utrecht was signed some 313 years ago.more
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have said they expect Britain's new government to quickly define its relationship with the EU after Theresa May becomes prime minister.more
"With almost one choice for prime minister Theresa May, in British politics came a period of relative calm after a chaotic interregnum but the new head of government has difficult task to negotiate Brexit" - writes the "Financial Times".more
Pierre Moscovici, the EU economy commissioner, said that Brussels expects Brexit to knock between 1 to 2.5 percentage points off UK economic growth between now and 2017.more
The current interior minister Theresa May has been officially announced as a new president of the Conservative Party and designated successor to Prime Minister David Cameron. "We will make Brexit a success", she promised.more
Nearly one in nine Londoners - a startling 11 per cent - now back the capital splitting off to become a separate country independent from the rest of the UK, according to an exclusive YouGov poll.more
Britain's tourist industry is gearing up for a bumper 12 months after the vote to leave the European Union sent the value of the pound tumbling. Flight bookings to Britain since the referendum are already up 10 per cent on the same period last year, according to Forward Keys, the travel data specialist.more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she expects the next U.K. prime minister to honor the Brexit referendum's result and start talks with the European Union on leaving the bloc.more
Officially the talk at this week's NATO summit in Warsaw was all about deterring a resurgent Russia, supporting Ukraine and Afghanistan, and protecting Baltic NATO members. But in the corridors, there was only one dominant anxiety - Brexit.more
The Government has rejected a call for a second referendum on European Union membership in a petition that was signed by more than 4.1 million people following the Brexit vote. more
An exclusive poll for The Independent has revealed just how divided Britain is after its vote to leave the EU, and how one in eight Leave voters might be having second thoughts.more
ate crimes have increased by more than 40 per cent following Brexit, police figures revealed, with the number peaking the day after the referendum result.more
Britain has nominated its current ambassador to France, Julian King, to become the country's new representative at the European Commission, replacing Jonathan Hill who resigned last month after Britons voted to leave the bloc.more
President Barack Obama has said he expects the UK to remain a major contributor to European security and that it will be able to agree an "orderly transition" with the EU.more
British consumer morale suffered its biggest drop in more than five years after last month's decision by voters to leave the European Union, and surveys of recruitment firms and retailers also signalled a slowdown ahead.more
France and Britain were vying for fifth place on the list of the world's biggest economies on Wednesday, with France nudging ahead after a renewed slump in the pound in the wake of the Brexit vote, Reuters calculations showed.
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Britain should not expect any compromise on the European Union's free movement rules if it wants to stay in the single market, the former EU leader Herman Van Rompuy has said.more