Britain will mark five years since Brexit on Friday with little fanfare as the Government pursues closer relations with the bloc.The UK officially left the EU at 11pm - midnight in Brussels - on January 31 2020, after three-and-a-half years of political wrangling that followed the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Britain will mark five years since Brexit on Friday with little fanfare as the Government pursues closer relations with the bloc.The UK officially left the EU at 11pm - midnight in Brussels - on January 31 2020, after three-and-a-half years of political wrangling that followed the 2016 Brexit referendum.