Taoiseach says after today's Brexit deal, he believes the next stage in negotiations is leading UK towards alignment with the EU

Going forward, the UK has "got to understand that they are leaving something that we have all built, and there will be a price for that," Irish @FineGael MEP @brianhayesMEP tells

Britain to pay £35-39bn in Brexit divorce deal: Downing Street

Jeremy Corbyn says the Brexit deal agreed this morning "could have all been done 18 months ago," adds that he wants tariff-free trade relationship with EU after Brexit

Guy Verhofstadt: the European Parliament's resolution will also outline "a first framework of how the future relationship with the UK will be" and the EP's opinion on the transition Brexit

The European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt: "our recommendation to the European Council is now to go to phase two of the negotiations" - but the EP's resolution next week will outline five issues that need to be tackled before the UK's orderly withdrawal

26-year-old Mohammed Abdallah who was linked to the Manchester Arena bomber has been jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of being a member of Islamic State

Simon Coveney: The UK's commitment not to introduce new regulatory barriers after Brexit is something that the Irish government welcomes, and is something we hope will reassure Unionists

Simon Coveney: there is now a default/backstop position which ensures that an all-island economy can function, that north-south cooperation continues to function and that the Good Friday Agreement can continue to be implemented

Simon Coveney: We have an absolute guarantee from the British government that the re-emergence of a border in Ireland as an unintended consequence of Brexit will not happen

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney: I think the final Brexit agreement is a good one, certainly from an Irish perspective

Leave.EU campaign co-founder Arron Banks says Prime Minister Theresa May "has betrayed the country and the 17.4 million Leave voters"

Leaked EU doc obtained by BuzzFeed: Britain will remain in customs union and single market for two years after Brexit officially happens.

EU to work on Canada-style free trade agreement for Britain: Barnier

Northern Ireland will maintain fully aligned with the EU internal market and customs Union unless another solution is found clarifies – Barnier at press conference

Barnier: if all goes well in October 2018 we should have agreed on an Art 50 treaty organising orderly withdrawal which will also cover agreement on transitional period, and alongside that treaty there will be a political statement on the part of EU 27 regarding future relationship

Barnier: British government is indiciating red lines that closes certain doors and leaves EU-Canada deal as a model [as future relationship], can't say what exact content would be we

The UK will establish a new authority that is going to ensure the implementation of the withdrawalagreement and will give direct assistance to the citiziens says Barnier citizensrights

"This agreement is a significant political achievement for the Prime Minister," says Environment Secretary @michaelgove on the UK's Brexit draft agreement with the EU

"We didn't insist on them paying the mover bill for EU agencies leaving London", says chief negotiator Barnier

Michel Barnier: I didn't go into these negotiations with the idea of who was going to make concessions

Mary Lou McDonald expresses concerns about the customs union and single market

Taoiseach says Brexit is a British policy that the Irish Government never wanted to happen, and so it is in our interest that the Brexit that does happen is as soft as possible

Leo Varadkar says border agreement is "politically bullet proof" and provides cast iron guarantees

Taoiseach says he has not spoken directly with DUP leader Arlene Foster as the negotiations were primarily between European Union and British negotiating teams

We have achieved all that we set out to achieve in phase one - @campaignforleo

"Without any doubt our future lies in the European Union," Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says at conclusion of statement on this morning's Brexit deal

Taoiseach offers assurances to Irish citizens in Northern Ireland. "You will never again be left behind by an Irish government."

Taoiseach also seeks to reassure "the nationalist people of Northern Ireland" that their birthright as Irish citizens will not be effected by Brexit deal

'The Good Friday Agreement in all of its parts, has been protected' says Leo Varadkar, Irish Prime Minister on Brexit deal

We've reached a satisfactory conclusion on the issues related to Ireland: @campaignforleo

"I want in particular to recognise the unionist community in Northern Ireland and assure you the Irish Government has no hidden agenda," Taoiseach says

'Today is a very significant day we have reached a satisfactory conclusion' says Leo Varadkar, Irish Prime Minister following progress in Brexit negotiations

We have achieved all that we set out to achieve in phase one of Brexit talks, Taoiseach @campaignforleo says

During transition Britain will no longer participate in EU institutions or have a vote - EU draft guidelines

EU draft guidelines for next Brexit negotiations phase envisage transition period of around 2 years

"I believe that we have now made the breakthrough that we needed," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says as he announces that Brexit talks will enter the second phase

Brexit campaigner Farage says UK set for 'next stage of humiliation'

"We want to begin discussions with the UK in order to explore the British vision of its future relationship with the EU," says @eucopresident as he outlines areas such as trade, security and foreign policy

Crucial guarantees for Ireland: No hard border with Northern Ireland after Brexit but also no details given how that can work

European Council president Donald Tusk says the UK must respect all EU law including new law during the Brexit transition period but it will not participate in EU decisions

European Council president Donald Tusk says the first item to be discussed in the second phase of Brexit talks will be the transition period

Brexit agreement text says the UK will maintain "full alignment" with rules of the EU single market and customs union which support cross-border co-operation and create "no new regulatory barriers"

May: At next week's summit, I hope and expect to get the endorsement of the 27 to what is a hard won agreement in all our interests

[email protected]_may: Reaching this agreement now means that businesses will be able to make investment decisions based on an implementation period that offers welcome certainty

Juncker: It is important for both of us that we continue working together on trade, research and security

Juncker: The UK has made significant commitments on the avoidance of a hard Irish border after it's withdrawal from the EU

European Commission says 'sufficient progress' has been made in Brexit talks

[email protected] on Brexit: I believe we have now made the breakthrough we needed

British PM Theresa May meets European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels for crunch talks to seal a deal on Brexit divorce terms

Arts Minister John Glen has announced Coventry will be the next UK City of Culture in 2021

Ireland and Britain are 'very close' and seemingly a matter of hours away from a Brexit deal - Irish official

The new UK Defence Secretary has been left isolated after calling for British jihadists to be hunted down and killed

Irish hard border would be 'obvious terror target'

London Mayor Sadiq Khan meets young Pakistanis at an event in the city of Lahore

EU's Tusk to make Brexit statement on Friday at 0650 GMT

Northern Ireland's DUP says talks with UK government continuing

Tusk announcing press conference for early Friday on Brexit. But commission negotiators will surely say something tonight if breakthrough. Good possibility that Theresa May will show up in European capital tonight

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Iran trip

Talks over Brexit divorce bill make progress - EU's Oettinger

Today, Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, arrived at Benazir Bhutto International Air Port (BBIAP) - Islamabad/Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Nur Khan, Chaklala, Rawalpindi, aboard Bombardier Global Express for an official visit to Pakistan

British Foreign Secretary Johnson expected to travel to Iran this weekend

'Trump doesn't understand the offence he is causing,' London mayor responds to Jerusalem decision

UEFA say Wembley Stadium will host four Euro 2020 matches originally set to be staged in Brussels

26-year-old Mohammed Abdallah has been found guilty by UK court of being a member of Islamic State, of being in possession of £2,000 for terrorism purposes and of being in possession of a weapon after he was identified in official I.S. documents obtained

Whole of the UK needs to take back control of borders and cash from EU, Johnson says

UK: Vijay Mallya arrives at London's Westminster court for hearing in extradition case

Report into Croydon tram crash in which seven people were killed and 69 others injured on 9 November last year says driver failed to apply brakes in time to negotiate a sharp bend and concludes driver may have lost awareness or had a "microsleep" due to fatigue

British Foreign Minister said London should stay alert to the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood

'No white smoke' in Brexit talks: EU commission

Momentum spokesperson says "much of the UK Electoral Commission investigation refers to administrative errors that can be easily rectified" and the group "will fully comply with the investigation going forward"

The UK Electoral Commission has opened an investigation into whether the Jeremy Corbyn-backing Momentum movement breached campaign finance rules at this year's general election

UK Home Office figures show a total of 400 people were held for terror-related offences in Britain in the year to the end of September

Confederation of British Industry chief: We need progress next week, or businesses will activate contingency plans by Easter

Britain will not sign up to a bad Brexit deal, transport minister says