⚠️ Read our Brexit live blog for the latest news & updates 3 Boris Johnson confirmed the Brexit deal at a press conference this afternoon Credit: AFP or licensors The UK and European Union have reached a historic agreement on post-Brexit trade. It will come into effect on January 1 2021 after the transition period ends. After months of negotiations, the UK and European Union finally agreed a deal that will define their future relationship, which comes into effect at 23.00GMT on 31 December. A Brexit, or British exit, is what will happen now that the people of Britain have voted for the UK to leave the European Union. Latest Brexit news on the talks to leave the European Union including negotiations on immigration and EU citizens, plus more on whether Brexit will happen. Brexit LIVE: Boris Johnson holds press conference as trade deal between UK and EU agreed. The UK and the EU have reached a Brexit trade deal less than a week before the deadline. Boris Johnson has praised the “unprecedented” Brexit deal that UK and EU negotiators have today reached, just eight days before the transition period was due to end. The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Spain. A BREXIT trade deal has been done, according to Downing Street. In a crucial Brexit speech in Florence, Mrs May sends a message to EU leaders by saying: “We want to be your strongest friend and partner as the EU and UK thrive side by side.” She says she is proposing an “implementation period” of “around two years” after Brexit when existing market access arrangements will apply. Local news, in particular, from the Costa del Sol, Andalucia, Alicante, Murcia and Mallorca, plus national news from around Spain. It … Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen appear poised to reach a … Brexit News. British Lawmakers Approve Post-Brexit Trade Deal With EU Britain’s Parliament has voted resoundingly to approve a trade deal with the European … Politicians and experts now have more than 1,200 pages of legal text to read after the document was published on Boxing Day.