Brexit day: what will change after Friday?

EU citizenship ends for Brits, MEPs leave their roles and there's no turning back

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After years of negotiation, controversy and confusion, when the clock strikes 11pm on Friday, Britain will leave the European Union. This historic moment, anticipated by some and dreaded by others, will see a number of changes.

But what will change? “Not a lot,” according to Euronews. “Most people in the UK and Europe will see no difference at all,” it adds.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.