The Latest Breaking News from Brexit

It’s byelection bingo! Get ready for the Brexit arguments you heard 10 years ago, only louder

Makerfield will be a test of what Labour would have to look like to beat Reform – so prepare yourself for regrets, broken promises and baffling assertions about ‘red wall’ voters, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 18

Rejoin, reset or go Swiss-style? How the UK could try to unpick Brexit

Wes Streeting has suggested he wants to see the UK ‘back in the EU’ one day – but the bloc might take some convincing

The Guardian - UK · May 18

Starmer: I’ll back Labour Makerfield by-election choice 100% – whoever they are

The Prime Minister said he would support the contender ‘whoever they are’ to see off the threat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

The Independent UK · May 18

Keir Starmer won't be setting out a 'timetable for departure' as Prime Minister, says close ally David Lammy

‘There will be no timetables. What there is is getting on with the business of Government,’ says Tottenham MP David Lammy

Evening Standard · May 18

Britons asked for views on uniting UK as Javid warns country ‘in peril’

Sir Sajid Javid was speaking at the launch of a new research project asking people for their views on what unites the country.

Evening Standard · May 18

Labour civil war: Keir Starmer vows to back Andy Burnham 100% in by-election despite Manchester Mayor's coup threat

‘I am focused on the job that I was asked to do, which is to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister,’ says Sir Keir Starmer in a sign he will fight any attempt to topple him

Evening Standard · May 18

Newsletter: Brexit thrust to centre of UK's Labour leadership showdown

Also in this newsletter: Spanish conservatives win Andalusia regional elections but will likely rely on far-right to govern, in a vote seen as litmus test of Spain's wider politics.

Euronews · May 18

Starmer’s Government returns to Westminster amid leadership rivals’ Brexit row

Reform UK, which is the second placed party in Makerfield, plans to make hay out of Mr Burnham’s historic support for rejoining the EU.

Evening Standard · May 17

Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say

Reform, which won more than 50% of the local election vote, is likely to focus heavily on immigration and Brexit

The Guardian - UK · May 17

Where does UK-EU relationship stand and how might bid to rejoin bloc be received?

Labour leadership contender Wes Streeting calls Brexit a ‘catastrophic mistake’ while Andy Burnham sees ‘long-term case’ for rejoining EU

The Guardian - UK · May 17