The Chancellor has warned there will be no alignment with EU regulations after Brexit - despite a pledge being made in the North East by Boris Johnson that standards would be protected.

Prime minister expected to press EU leaders to dedicate attention to faltering negotiations.

Germany told European Union nations that relations between the UK and the bloc reached a new low and they should be ready for a serious fight if London enacts the bill it proposed to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Talk of ‘opportunity’ likened to Orwell-style ‘Newspeak’ – as advice highlights perils from new travel rules, bigger phone bills and border chaos.

Voters promised a Brexit boon will consider bid to keep Nissan and Toyota as ‘ridiculous’, prime minister warned.

Michael Heseltine says Brexit will be ’high on the agenda’ if Liz Truss loses general election. / The Tories will never win back younger voters as an anti-Europe and populist party, former cabinet ministers have warned – as they called for trade links with EU to be rebuilt.

Taoiseach says Corbyn’s renegotiation plan would not be a problem.

Businesses fear big hold-ups at the docks when the UK leaves the EU customs area because of untrained staff.

Glimmers of a potential Brexit deal have sparked dissent among Boris Johnson's allies, as the EU signals it may be open to another extension.

Boris Johnson never understood what his Withdrawal Agreement with the EU really meant, his former chief adviser has said.

Income per-head forecast to fall by 6 per cent – just 2 per cent less than under a no-deal departure.

Ireland's deputy PM has warned governments doing trade deals with the UK that it is a nation that "doesn't necessarily keep its word".

“This represents the death knell for frictionless trade," said one business leader.

MPs will soon table amendments to the Brexit legislation and Labour said it wants to include plans for a customs union arrangement.

Tory former chancellor Ken Clarke’s customs union plan is expected to be voted on.

Following the unveiling of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2018, Africa is about to become the world’s largest free trade area: 55 countries merging into a single market of 1.2 billion people with a combined GDP of $2.5 trillion. In this edition, we examine the benefits and challenges of a free trade area for countries and individual traders.

'We can’t make a trade deal with the UK,' says US president.

The First Minister said stopping Brexit altogether was her party's 'top priority'.

Realities of leaving single market and customs union revealed to businesses - after controversy ducked during election campaign.

'This is going to hit us in January....customers are really going to see the problems on supermarket shelves'

CBI appeals to Tory MPs to shift position to avoid a no-deal Brexit, or risk further harm to the economy.

Lorries will need permission from new HMRC computer system before heading for Dover.

Infrastructure work has taken nearly a year in the past, but just six months will be available - even if the cash is there

Pascal Lamy less than subtle with his hand gestures and eye-roll on live TV.

As MPs prepare for second round of indicative votes, here’s a guide to each motion.