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LATEST BREXIT NEWS AS UK VOTES TO LEAVE IN EU REFERENDUM

Cameron said he'd back Remain three years before vote: Former PM's EU talks were just 'killing time', reveals Ken Clarke 

11/10/16 02:20

Mr Clarke said the former prime minister told him he ‘intended to advocate remaining in the EU’ in January 2013, when he announced the timing of the referendum. The revelation exposes as a sham both Mr Cameron’s renegotiations with Europe and his claim – made repeatedly in the run up to the vote – that he would consider backing Leave if he did not get the deal he wanted from Brussels. He said time and again in the years before the referendum that he ‘ruled nothing out’ – suggesting that he might support the campaign to quit the EU. It was only in February this year, after negotiations were complete, that he finally backed Remain. Writing in his memoir, Kind Of Blue, Mr Clarke reveals his ‘fury’ at what he saw as Mr Cameron’s ‘foolish and extremely risky decision’ in early 2013 to announce a referendum to take place by the end of 2017. ...read

11/10/16 02:12

Former Bank of England governor Lord Mervyn King, pictured, was speaking as sterling continued its drop against the dollar, resulting in a 17 per cent drop in value since the referendum.

11/10/16 01:15

Lord Bamford, pictured here with former Prime Minister David Cameron left the CBI over the organisation's increasingly stringent pro-European views.

10/10/16 20:07

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott (pictured) last night dismissed calls from the new Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer for immigration to the UK to be cut.

10/10/16 18:25

The Mail On Sunday's Travel Editor, Frank Barrett, explores why South Africa has become the best-value long-haul holiday destination for the first time in the annual Post Office report.

10/10/16 17:04

The Prime Minister has been visiting Denmark and the Netherlands today as part of a charm offensive ahead of a potentially stormy summit in Brussels next week.

10/10/16 13:28

According to a survey from accountancy giant Deloitte nearly 90 per cent of chief financial officers believe that external economic and internal financial uncertainty levels remained 'above normal'.

10/10/16 09:49

The Duchess of Cambridge will make a solo visit to the Netherlands tomorrow as Britain contemplates the process of negotiating trade deals with every EU member state.

09/10/16 16:07

Mr Hammond, who has warned against cutting all ties with Brussels, believes tough guy Mr Davis should be banned from negotiations with the EU – and forced to stay at Westminster.

09/10/16 04:36

The threats came after a series of blazing rows in Westminster between Tory MPs and Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings, a close personal and political ally of Mr Gove.

09/10/16 04:13

CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn said firms were currently putting investment on hold and that they needed to know from Theresa May that the UK would not be pulled out of the single market.

08/10/16 22:32

Sir Craig (pictured), who led David Cameron's Remain campaign, will be paid a six-figure salary for US-based global consultancy firm Teneo, which has set up a 'Brexit client transition unit'.

08/10/16 22:25

Mr Gove said his behaviour after the EU referendum was like 'driving at 100 miles per hour and crashing into a brick wall', and said Mr Cameron is 'entitled' to feel upset 'or worse'.

08/10/16 19:40

The row follows the controversial plans to make businesses reveal what proportion of their workers came from abroad, announced by home secretary Amber Rudd (pictured) this week.

07/10/16 23:59

French President Francois Hollande has launched a furious attack on Britain's decision to leave the EU - saying it would have to 'pay' for the Brexit 'crisis'. He echoed similar claims made by Angela Merkel.

07/10/16 15:03

House price inflation is forecast to continue tailing off as the property market softens, with Halifax revealing today that annual gains had slipped to 5.8 per cent.

07/10/16 13:39

As the pound continues to suffer from fears over Brexit, the euro rate has crumbled to €0.97 for a pound at the Moneycorp desk at London Southend Airport.

07/10/16 13:36

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said manufacturing output rose 0.2 per cent in August, after a sharp month-on-month contraction in July when activity fell by 0.9 per cent.

07/10/16 01:17

To some degree, Ukip has simply been the victim of its own success. Once the British people voted for Brexit in the EU referendum, the party lost its driving principle, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK.

07/10/16 00:12

Former Downing Street spin doctor Sir Craig OIiver claims the Remain campaign did not warn of an immediate recession should Britain vote to leave the EU.

06/10/16 19:09

Roland Rudd blasted the immigration policies of his sister Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary. He said the Government was 'being more divisive than healing' as it tackled Brexit.

06/10/16 17:47

Speaking today to Germany's main industry lobby group, Mrs Merkel stressed to businesspeople  the importance of upholding the EU's freedoms'

05/10/16 22:33

The central bank cut interest rates to a new low of 0.25 per cent in August and warned the UK 'is likely to see little growth' in the second half of 2016 following the Leave vote.

05/10/16 08:52

Philip Hammond has been accused of launching a 'tirade of negativity' by his fellow Cabinet ministers after warning the British economy could shrink by four per cent in the wake of Brexit.

05/10/16 01:47

Upmarket wallpaper and furnishings company Osborne & Little in London – run by the former chancellor's father Sir Peter Osborne – revealed it had not yet been affected by the EU referendum.

04/10/16 23:21

After weeks of uncertainty, and accusations that the Government hasn't the faintest idea of how to handle Brexit, Theresa May yesterday showed us that she knows exactly where we are going.

04/10/16 21:27

The International Monetary Fund said confidence in the economy had been maintained by swift action from the Bank of England, as it upgraded growth for this year to 1.8 per cent.

04/10/16 20:05

The pound has tumbled to its lowest level against the US dollar since 1985, while the FTSE 100 share index surged above 7,000 amid nerves over Theresa May's tough Brexit approach..

04/10/16 19:21

Home Secretary Amber Rudd promised the government will not wait for Brexit to try to curb numbers, but cautioned that progress will not be made 'overnight'.

04/10/16 19:11

The Prime Minister was repeatedly challenged on the government's target for bringing net migration below 100,000 a year as she toured TV and radio studios.

04/10/16 19:08

A cross-community group of politicians and victims campaigners is challenging the Prime Minister's ability to trigger Article 50 negotiations on an exit at the High Court in Belfast.

04/10/16 18:27

The latest accounts of Osborne & Little, the luxury wallpaper chain owned by the former Chancellor’s family, said the weak value of the pound would bring a ‘material benefit’ to the company.

04/10/16 17:32

Andrew RT Davies was widely mocked on Twitter for the gaffe, with one replacing his head with Tony the Tiger from the Kellogg's logo (pictured).

04/10/16 12:18

Both David Cameron and Boris Johnson travelled to Jerusalem for the funeral of Shimon Peres, Israel's former president. The pair fell out after Mr Johnson decided to lead the charge for Brexit

04/10/16 11:40

Britain is to change the law within months - and in an exclusive Daily Mail interview, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the public had spoken and she was not going to ‘wait’ until Brexit to act.

04/10/16 11:21

The Palace fears that directly handing an extra half a million to the Queen might be politically impossible, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE.

04/10/16 10:50

The plummeting pound will see a record number of tourists arriving from China this week during their national holiday and splashing their cash on Louis Vuitton handbags and Gucci shoes.

04/10/16 08:24

Delivering his first speech to Conservative conference as Chancellor, Mr Hammond warned of a bumpy ride during Brexit but said he was optimistic about the country's future.

03/10/16 22:07

Prime Minister Theresa May said she would kick off the two-year process of withdrawal by the end of March and pledged to seek the best deal possible for British businesses.

03/10/16 22:05

The pro-EU politician and his Europhile Spanish wife - who has just snagged a well-paid post on the board of Swiss bank UBS - are in line to reap enormous personal profit from Brexit.

03/10/16 20:08

The Foreign Secretary told his Australian counterparts last month he wanted to streamline immigration rules between the two countries. Amber Rudd (pictured) ruled out the suggestion today.

03/10/16 19:59

Today I am proud of my country and the people who voted Leave. You made change happen. And suddenly even politicians are making sense, writes KATIE HOPKINS.

03/10/16 17:36

The European Commission president has insisted there can be no negotiations until Theresa May triggers Article 50, starting the two-year formal exit process.

03/10/16 16:53

The pound dropped below €1.15 despite some strong data emerging on UK manufacturing and at €1.1441 is lower than it has been at any time since late July 2013.

03/10/16 11:25

Master champion Danny Willett (pictured) has claimed his brother was 'correct' to criticise American fans ahead of the Ryder Cup - days after initally apologising for the comments

03/10/16 10:51

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, 52, told delegates at the Tory Party conference in Birmingham that the way the BBC had reported on the EU referendum result was 'infuriating'.

03/10/16 10:10

Prime Minister Theresa May was wearing steel toe-capped shoes when she told the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham that MPs who attempt to block Brexit are 'trying to subvert democracy'.

02/10/16 22:47

The Prime Minister said Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - the formal two-year mechanism for quitting the Brussels club - will be triggered by March.

02/10/16 18:41

Cabinet minister Mr Grayling said it was 'inconceivable' that the House of Commons could block legislation taking us out of the EU.

02/10/16 17:03

Liam Fox said Brexit handed Britain a golden opportunity to lead the charge for a new generation of free trade as he criticised the lack of a 'free trade flavour' in the race for the White House.

02/10/16 16:57

Brexit Secretary David Davis told Conservative conference Britain had been 'lucky' to have its two women Prime Minister's at crucial turning points in the nation's history.

02/10/16 16:30

Michael Gove and Boris Johnson were locked in a race row last night over the way they used the Australian-style points system in the immigration debate during the EU referendum.

02/10/16 16:20

Craig Oliver's book shows how bitter personal and political divisions in Labour hampered the Remain campaign. He says Jeremy Corbyn's office was like a 'mad house'...

02/10/16 15:18

The number of foreign doctors working i the NHS should be cut after Brexit, with homegrown medics replacing them, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt revealed in an interview with The Mail on Sunday.

02/10/16 15:07

The growth indicator put out by the bosses’ group shows that after a lacklustre three months firms were at their most optimistic for a year.

02/10/16 13:40

Former UK prime minister David Cameron ditched a last-gasp plan to ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel to back plans to let Britain curb immigration, a new book claims.

02/10/16 13:12

MAIL ON SUNDAY: Mrs May has started very firmly. She has emphasised the difference between her proudly suburban Toryism and Mr Cameron’s grander style.

02/10/16 13:08

'Does anyone know where the hell we're going?'

02/10/16 11:59

Nicky Morgan said Britain should seek to stay as close to the EU as possible, retaining a close relationship with the single market and accepting the migration this would bring.

01/10/16 12:30

Theresa May was last night told by a string of Tory ex-Cabinet ministers, including Iain Duncan Smith, to implement a ‘short and simple’ Brexit which takes less than two years.

01/10/16 00:43

Sir Craig Oliver (pictured) and Lucy Thomas, deputy director of the Britain Stronger In campaign, met during the EU referendum campaign and are now deeply in love, according to friends.

30/09/16 17:06

Czech prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka (pictured) has told Theresa May to take action after he linked the killing of a Czech national in London to Britain's Brexit vote.

30/09/16 14:38

As the country marks 100 days since the EU referendum, government experts made clear there is no sign of the dire warnings from Remain backers such as George Osborne coming true.

30/09/16 13:02

Carlos Ghosn (pictured), Nissan's chief executive, said Nissan could not afford to delay his investment decisions until the Government had completed Brexit negotiations with the EU.

30/09/16 12:13

While recovering since this morning, the pound is still below $1.30 and on track for a fifth consecutive quarter of losses. This hasn’t happened since 1984.

30/09/16 10:39

Investors are carefully eyeing up the prospects for the US election, while also worrying about European banks and a ‘hard Brexit’. We look at why.

30/09/16 10:03

Despite fears over an unstable pound and Britain's changing involvement with the EU after voting to break its union, more than 90 per cent say their travel plans haven't changed.

29/09/16 15:02

Mortgage experts said the gloomy warnings of a fall in house prices had 'proved to be wide of the mark' and the 'paralysis' in the immediate aftermath of June's shock vote to leave the EU had subsided.

29/09/16 14:42

Liam Fox said it was a 'sad fact' that British exports were 'well below' those of European neighbours as just 11 per cent of UK businesses sell abroad.

29/09/16 12:20

Matteo Renzi said 'Brexit is Brexit' and said it would be 'impossible' for Theresa May to strike a deal curbing migration to Britain without also restricting the rights of Britons to live and work on the continent.

29/09/16 12:07

The Institute for Government said the 'turf war' between Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Brexit Secretary David Davis and Trade Secretary Liam Fox was fragmented and incoherent.

28/09/16 18:48

The boss of The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, fears ministers are being ‘blinded’ and ‘lulled into a false sense of security’ by Britain’s current success.

28/09/16 17:54

Regulators said they would fast-track the process for British-based financial firms seeking to decamp across the Channel.

28/09/16 12:14

The World Economic Forum said that the results were based on data predating Britain's June 23 vote to quit the EU, which posed considerable risks to its competitiveness.

28/09/16 09:50

Mr Osborne's remarks come as a Tory civil war over the referendum results and their impact deepens. Mr Osborne has also claimed that Britain voted for a 'soft Brexit'.

28/09/16 08:26

Gunther Oettinger, who is a member of German chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party, lashed out at the former prime minister, but added: 'I'm sorry, that's life and s**t happens'.

28/09/16 00:49

The International Trade Secretary stressed the 'moral case' for avoiding tariffs as he delivered a keynote speech.

27/09/16 22:09

The global watchdog, which regulates international trade, is the latest group to declare the UK economy has shrugged off the decision to leave the European Union.

27/09/16 18:34

Nicola Sturgeon urged Chancellor Philip Hammond to abandon the austerity programme in order to address the feeling of 'inequality' and 'powerlessness' behind Brexit.

27/09/16 18:08

Philip Cordery, who is in charge of European affairs in the party of French president Francois Hollande says he has seen euroscepticism growing across the continent.

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