The UK’s decision to leave the EU casts a long shadow over Thursday’s election, and has led to an erosion of traditional party loyalties, writes Kylie MacLellan.   

British Prime Minister Theresa May has won Parliament's approval to begin talks on a divorce deal for the UK leaving the EU.

Earlier the UK Government comfortably defeated a Liberal Democrat bid to give voters a final say on the Brexit deal in a referendum.

Ministers in the UK have been warned they could face a fresh legal challenge to Theresa May's Brexit plans unless they guarantee British Parliament a vote on the outcome of negotiations with the EU.

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Legislation will be introduced “within days” to ensure the British government can stick to its timetable of triggering the process of leaving the European Union by the end of March.

The Government's defeat in a historic court battle over Brexit will not derail Theresa May's plan to start negotiations on withdrawal from the EU by the end of March, Downing Street has said.

The UK Government has lost its historic battle in the Supreme Court over Brexit.

The UK's highest court is hearing a second day of argument in the historic Brexit legal challenge.