The prime minister believes Brexit has had some benefits, Downing Street has said on the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union. A No 10 spokesman pointed to freedom from EU regulations,

Five years after Britain officially left the European Union, Brexit is less popular than ever. YouGov polling on Wednesday showed the number of Brits who think leaving the EU was a good idea is at its lowest since the referendum,

Brexit has remained a divisive force in Britain ever since the 2016 referendum was announced. For Brexit supporters, the UK is now a sovereign nation in charge of its own destiny. For opponents, Britain has become an isolated and diminished country. Now, five years on, as people and businesses are still wrestling with the economic, social and cultural aftershocks, FRANCE 24's William Hilderbrandt welcomes Miriam Sorace, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Reading.

Five years on from the day Britain formally left the EU, BBC Verify has examined five important ways Brexit has affected Britain. Economists and analysts generally assess the impact of leaving the EU single market and customs union on 1 Jan 2021 on the UK's goods trade as having been negative.

Before the Brexit vote, Richard Haward's Oysters was looking to double its EU exports to 20% of sales. Now exports abroad make-up 0.5%. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has talked of a reset of relations with the EU and improving market access for food and farm goods.

The delayed third phase of Britain's post-Brexit border regime for imports from the European Union will begin on Friday - four years after Britain left the bloc's single market and nine years after it voted to leave the EU.

Lawyers for the European Union on Tuesday told an arbitration tribunal that Britain's ban of fishing for sandeels in its North Sea waters breached an agreement on fishing rights both sides struck after Brexit.

Friday marks the fifth anniversary of Britain's official departure from the European Union - an event that has changed the country economically, socially and politically

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In one of his most famous speeches in the European Parliament days later, a rowdy Nigel Farage was jeered by MEPs as he said: "You all laughed at me. Well I have to say you're not laughing now, are you?" The referendum result led to the resignation of Mr Cameron, who backed the Remain campaign.

The EU has taken legal action against Britain, arguing that its ban on sandeel fishing in North Sea waters violates post-Brexit fishing agreements