Brexit Day 2020 latest news LIVE – Brexit Party MEP outlines the UK’s future after the EU

BREXIT Day is finally upon and Anne Widdecombe has revealed what she believes will happen after the country leaves the EU.

At 11pm tonight, the UK will officially leave the EU almost four years after Britain voted to leave.

Stay tuned with our Brexit Day live blog for all the latest news and updates.

• Natasha Clark9 minutes ago31st January 2020BOWING OUT There will be a flag-lowering ceremony later at the EU Council building at around 6pm GMT. Expect to see snaps of the UK's flag being taken down. The flag on top of the EU Parliament is set to be taken down later tonight…
• Sascha O'Sullivan12 minutes ago31st January 2020REMOANER-WOES Remainer's have started lighting candles around the country to mourn the UK leaving the EU. The candlelit vigils even have a name – Leave a Light on for the EU. Cheer up, buttercup.
• Sascha O'Sullivan14 minutes ago31st January 2020“THE PARTY HAS ALREADY STARTED” Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said the “party has already started” as the UK prepares to leave the EU TONIGHT. He told Good Morning Britain: “Once we are out, there's no way this country will ever rejoin (the EU) this is the big moment in history.” “Boris is saying all the right things, if he delivers those things we will be truly, genuinely, independent”.
• Natasha Clark15 minutes ago31st January 2020EU'VE BEEN WARNED To mark Brexit day, EU leaders warned today that Britain can't get a close trade deal unless it adopts the bloc's standards on the environment, labour, tax and state aid. “Without the free movement of people, there can be no free movement of capital, goods and services,” European Council President Charles Michel, European Parliament President David Sassoli and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote today. But Boris has vowed to throw off EU rules and deliver true freedom from the EU in any trade deal. The two sides will have 11 months to hammer out an agreement on the shape of their future relationship, negotiating on trade, fishing rights and a raft of other issues.
• Natasha Clark23 minutes ago31st January 2020BIG DAY FINALLY HERE Ex-Ukip MP Douglas Carswell – one of those who left the Tories over Europe and demanded a referendum – is still in disbelief that Brexit is actually happening tonight. Throwback snap to him and Boris during the Leave campaign…

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