Brexit latest: Lib Dems pledge to keep Britain in, expats disenfranchised, petition soars - as it happened

The Independent's as-it-happened coverage of the EU referendum aftermath

Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh during the IN campaign (Getty)

Here are the latest updates:

• Liberal Democrats pledge to keep Britain in the EU after next election
• 15 EU laws and regulations we will miss in post-Brexit Britain
• Jeremy Corbyn says he is 'ready' for a Labour leadership challenge
• Expats denied say in referendum demand re-run
• David Lammy urges Parliament to ignore Brexit vote
• More than two million sign petition demanding second EU referendum
• Brexit: Moody's downgrades UK's credit outlook from 'stable' to 'negative'
• German foreign minister urges EU not to 'go looking for revenge' on UK

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Britain has voted to leave the European Union by a narrow margin, with a turnout of 72 per cent.

Leave won the referendum with 51.9 per cent (17,410,742 votes), while Remain finished on 48.1 per cent (16,141,241 votes).

David Cameron has resigned from his position as Prime Minister, and the pound sterling fell to a 30-year low.Follow The Independent's live coverage of

Four months of intense campaigning from Remain, including David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn, and Leave fronted by Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, led up to the third nationwide referendum in British history.

Voters were asked: “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”