Britain starts formal talks to leave the EU today, seeking a deal "like no other in history" despite entering fiendishly difficult negotiations with a badly weakened government. A year after Britain's seismic referendum, Brexit minister David Davis and the European Union's French chief negotiator Michel Barnier will meet at the European Commission in Brussels for a hugely complex talks that are expected to conclude by March 2019.

Britain starts formal talks to leave the EU today, seeking a deal "like no other in history" despite entering fiendishly difficult negotiations with a badly weakened government. A year after Britain's seismic referendum, Brexit minister David Davis and the European Union's French chief negotiator Michel Barnier will meet at the European Commission in Brussels for a hugely complex talks that are expected to conclude by March 2019.