UK referendum News

The leaders of France, Germany and Italy insisted on Tuesday that Britain's decision to quit the European Union would not kill the bloc.

More than a million people have signed a petition calling for a second referendum, after "Leave" voters won a shock victory to pull Britain out of the European Union.

US President Barack Obama said on Friday he respected Britain`s vote to leave the European Union, and that the United States` relationship with Britain would endure.

Quitting the EU could cost Britain access to the EU`s trade barrier-free single market and means it must seek new trade accords with countries around the world.  

Spain will push for Gibraltar to stay out of any general negotiations with the European Union following Britain`s exit from the bloc.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will host talks on Saturday with his counterparts from the European Union`s founding nations, following Britain`s vote to leave the bloc.

The UK voted to leave the European Union after 43 years in a historic referendum. Leave won by 52 percent to 48 percent votes.

The anti-immigrant, anti-euro FN, was the only major French political party to call for Britons to vote to leave the EU.  

Australia`s relationship with Britain will stay "very strong and intimate", Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Friday, adding he was confident negotiations over a free-trade deal with the EU would not be jeopardised by the Brexit vote.

Nigel Farage, the leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party, said on Friday that Britain should now have a "Brexit government" after it voted to leave the European Union.

The Brexit referendum result will be announced on June 24, 2016.

A convincing vote to remain in EU could mean David Cameron continues as the British PM; a vote for exit would see him yielding to a new leader.

Britain is set to vote on Thursday in a historic referendum on whether the country should remain a member of the European Union or leave. Here's all you need to know about the polling.

As stocks, bonds and rupee turned volatile ahead of the 'Brexit' referendum on Thursday, RBI has promised liquidity support and all necessary steps to ensure orderly conditions in financial markets while Sebi and stock exchanges also beefed up their risk management systems.

The commission said the error was down to software used by some local authorities in England and Wales.

Earlier, European Council President Donald Tusk presented proposals for keeping Britain in the EU.