Brexit: What happens next?

The UK will leave the European Union on Friday evening, but there will be months and years more of it, explains Jon Stone

Boris Johnson asked the public to crowdfund Big Ben chiming as Britain leaves the EU – only later to back away from the plan (AFP/Getty)

At 11pm tonight (midnight, Brussels time), the UK will leave the European Union – but, despite what the government might say, that isn’t the end of Brexit.

In fact, there are quite a few more stages. Here are the ones we know about:

February 2020