Nigel Farage has declared victory in the UK's EU referendum.

"We've done it" the leader of the UK Independence Party told the media amid cheering.

"If the predictions now are right, this will be a victory for real people, a victory for ordinary people, a victory for decent people," said the Ukip leader.

"We fought against the multinationals, we fought against the big merchant banks, we fought against big politics, we fought against lies, corruption and deceit, and today, honesty, decency and belief in nation I think now is going to win."

Mr Farage said he hoped victory for Brexit would "bring down this failed project" of the European Union. 

"Let's June 23 go down in history as our independence day," he said.

Farage, who is an MEP, had campaigned for 25 years to get the UK out of the European Union.

But at 11pm last night, even before vote-counting started, he had claimed that it was the Remain camp which appeared to have won.