Brexit

With closer EU ties ‘crucially important’, Britain sets sights on new summit

epa13077590 A pro-EU campaigner holds up a sign of Andy Burnham outside Parliament in London, Britain, 01 July 2026. Pro-EU campaigners are hoping prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham will seek closer ties to the EU. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Those British strawberries are being picked by Central Asian workers

Activists and political campaign group Led By Donkeys mow a huge message into a farmer’s field for the 10-year anniversary of Brexit, near Cricklade, Wiltshire, Britain, on June 19, 2026.

Britain is still counting the cost of Brexit, 10 years after the vote

People demonstrate against Brexit in London on July 2, 2016.

Commentary

Britain’s second thoughts about Brexit are only growing stronger

People marching over Westminster Bridge in London on June 20 to campaign for Britain to rejoin the European Union.

Can anyone fix Britain? Regular change of prime minister a symptom of UK’s malaise

(Clockwise from top left) Keir Starmer, British outgoing prime minister, and his predecessors Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson.

European leaders offer warm farewell to Britain's Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands as they meet, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains in France, June 16, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/Pool

Ten years after vote, Brexit disputes still hold back Britain’s reconciliation with EU

Britain finally left the world’s biggest trading bloc an hour before midnight on Dec 31, 2020, bringing to an end an often turbulent 47-year membership.

New referendum would flip Brexit result 10 years on, poll finds

Younger voters overwhelmingly favour reversing Brexit, whereas half of those ages 55 and above oppose returning to the EU bloc.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, May 18, 2026

The UAE said it has the full right to respond to "terrorist attacks" after a drone strike caused a fire at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Abu Dhabi.

UK protesters march in London to oppose the rise of political right

Demonstrators march against far-right extremism from Park Lane to Trafalgar Square, organised by the Together Alliance, a coalition of unions and civil society groups, in London, Britain, March 28, 2026. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

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