UK marks five years since Brexit amid calls to rejoin and claims of ‘betrayal’

January 31 marks the anniversary of Brexit, but a majority of the public now backs rejoining the EU. (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Britain will mark five years since Brexit on Friday with little fanfare as the Government pursues closer relations with the bloc.

The UK officially left the EU at 11pm – midnight in Brussels – on January 31 2020, after three-and-a-half years of political wrangling that followed the 2016 Brexit referendum.