On Jan. 31, 2020 at 11 p.m. London time – midnight at EU headquarters in Brussels — the U.K. officially left the bloc after almost five decades of membership that had brought free movement and free trade between Britain and 27 other European countries.

London, United Kingdom - January 29, 2025 British universities have seen reduced enrollments of European students in the wake of Brexit, as they are categorized as international students, forcing them to pay higher tuition and have a visa,

While the Vote Leave bus famously promised extra cash for the NHS, five years on 52 per cent of Britons think Brexit has been bad for the health service, compared to only 6 per cent who think it has brought improvement.