Prime minister has said closer alignment to the EU’s single market would be in the national interest, a decade on from the Brexit vote

Mon, May 4, 2026 Brexit continues to divide opinion across Britain nearly a decade after the referendum. Labour insists it will not reverse the 2016 vote, but senior figures within the party have taken very different tones when discussing the UK’s future relationship with the European Union.

A decade after the 2016 referendum, the FTSE 100 has trailed Wall Street and continental Europe, the pound is weaker against the dollar and the euro, and roughly $160 billion has been pulled from UK equity funds.

Keir Starmer's approach has provoked anger from the Conservatives and Reform UK.

EU judges made it harder for suspects to block extradition to Britain, drawing a sharp line between procedural safeguards and fundamental rights in the post-Brexit justice system.

U.K. exports of goods to the European Union were above pre-Brexit levels for a second month in June, half a year after the country severed trade ties with the bloc. Exports to the EU rose to £14.3 billion and imports increased to £19.1 billion, the ...

European Union and British negotiators closed in on a trade deal Wednesday with only a disagreement over fishing remaining, raising hopes a chaotic economic break between the two sides on New Year's Day could be averted even as soon as before midnight ...

The EU has downplayed suggestions that the UK’s decision to join its €90bn Ukraine loan scheme will lead to softer positions in post-Brexit negotiations. Prime Minister Keir Starmer framed the move as a boost for UK-EU relations and British jobs, but ...