The European Commission head does not know whether Boris Johnson plans to obey the law and ask for an extension, if no deal is agreed.

The president of the EU commission has said he regrets not intervening in the UK’s Brexit referendum to correct “lies” about the bloc during the campaign.

Boris Johnson agreed in the final hours of the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations that there would be customs declarations on goods exiting Northern Ireland to Britain, despite the fact that just three weeks later he told businesses in the North there would be "no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind…," according to a detailed new account of the protocol negotiations.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has skipped a planned news conference with Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel after he met European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss Brexit.

Move threatens to collapse talks that PM has said must be completed within weeks.

Deputy Frans Timmermans accuses Tory Brexiters of a ‘cavalier’ approach to peace. / Jean-Claude Juncker has told Theresa May in a private phone call that shifting her red lines in favour of a permanent customs union is the price she will need to pay for the EU revising the Irish backstop.

European commission chief says he regrets not getting involved in 2016 campaign.

Huge constitutional clash looms if Tory rebels join bid to spike guns of a new Tory leader. / Boris Johnson’s vow to deliver a no-deal Brexit is facing a major cross-party ambush after Labour moved to give parliament new control over the process.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has held talks with European leaders as part of a visit to Brussels.

The Government has been accused of trying to play the “blame game” over a no-deal Brexit, as Michael Gove claimed that the EU was refusing to negotiate with Britain.

EU leaders have agreed on a plan to delay the Article 50 process, postponing Brexit beyond 29 March. European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker updated reporters at a press conference which had some lighter moments.

British voters were not fully informed on the implications of Brexit during the referendum in 2016, a European Parliament report has concluded.

Theresa May will not get her Brexit deal through the Commons, Donald Tusk has warned, leaving the UK with the option of “a chaotic Brexit” or an extension of its membership of the EU beyond 29 March.

Business group warns that companies are getting ready to shift operations abroad.

Brussels chief criticises MPs for prioritising May’s removal above finding agreement. / Jean-Claude Juncker has suggested that the UK is drifting towards another Brexit extension in October as he criticised MPs for prioritising the prime minister’s removal over finding agreement on a Brexit deal.

German minister wins narrow backing of MEPs to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker

Former European Commission president says then-PM asked him not to intervene in referendum debate.

May’s last-gasp dash to Strasbourg, the midnight press conference with Juncker... EU officials and politicians looked on with growing incredulity.