Sir Keir Starmer has given European fishermen access to British waters for 12 years to land his Brexit “reset” deal, it is understood.
Nick Thomas-Symonds discusses UK deal with EU
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made a major late concession on fisheries to allow the EU 12 of ongoing access to British waters on status quo arrangements.
They will now expire in 2038 in a major win for the EU. The UK had originally sought just a four year extension.
Fishermen, who wanted Sir Keir not to “sell out” or “capitulate” to the EU, will be furious with the deal.
The EU will remove barriers to allow British visitors to use e-gates within the EU and will work to ease travel for for artists, a win for Starmer to fix two of the most obvious Brexit impacts.
The talks include an expected announcement on defence and security, which could feature an agreement allowing British firms access to a 150 billion euro (£125 billion) EU defence fund. Labour is also set to “surrender control of our country” and accept EU rules on food, Brexiteers have warned.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy were accused of a “Brexit betrayal” as they hailed a “new era” of relations between London and Brussels, ahead of a Summit at Lancaster House. Agreeing with the European Union on food standards and plant and animal health – without the UK being able to influence the rules – would effectively take London into Brussels’s orbit.
Keir Starmer is holding talks with the EU today (Image: Getty)
Badenoch slams ‘very concerning’ UK-EU recent
The Tory leader has slammed the Sir Keir Starmer‘s decision to give European fishermen access to British waters for 12 years to land his Brexit “reset” deal.
She said: “We’re becoming a rule-taker from Brussels once again.”
Reynolds defends UK’s ability for future deals
It is “completely wrong” to think that, in signing up to European food standards, the UK will restrict its ability to do new deals in the future, a minister has said.
Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds was asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme if the UK Government securing a new deal on food with the European Union will restrict the country’s ability to secure deals with the US in future.
He said: “No, I think that is completely wrong. And we have shown it (to be) absolutely wrong.
“We have been absolutely clear in all of our trade negotiations, whether it’s with India, the US, the EU, the Gulf, South Korea, Switzerland, we will not change our food production standards.”
Youth mobility talks continue amid UK-EU ‘reset’
And in a potential win for the UK, the EU has agreed to keep talking on a possible youth mobility scheme, rather than make concrete agreements.
Analysis: So what exactly is UK getting out of Keir Starmer’s EU deal? I can’t see anything
All the concessions have been made on one side. Ours.
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Scottish Government not consulted on Brexit sell out, MSP says
Scottish Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has taken aim at the Government over its fishing deal.
He said devolved administrations weren’t given approval, with the Scottish Government receiving no documentation or draft proposals in advance.
Reynolds: ‘No real reason’ British sausages should not be sold in EU
Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said there is “no real reason” British sausages should not be sold in the EU.
“We’ve got a situation where, after Brexit, we’ve got the same food standards in place on both sides of the border, yet our agricultural food exports are down by a fifth,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
“You can’t sell some products at all – I mean, a British sausage made in my constituency. You can’t sell those. Can’t sell burgers.
“We’ve got no real reason for that situation continuing, and, where we can work with our partners, where we can remove costs, where we can remove friction, that means cheaper bills in the long run.”
Reset deal between the UK and the EU ‘is done’, reports suggest
A landmark reset deal with the European Union has now been finalised, it is understood.
Talks are understood to have continued into the early hours of the morning, with Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds telling Sky News an hour ago it wasn’t yet complete.
But it is now understood that the deal has been approved by the EU ambassadors’ committee.
Starmer surrenders access to British waters to EU for 12 years in ‘Brexit reset’
Keir Starmer has made a major late concession on fisheries to allow the EU 12 ongoing access to British waters on status quo arrangements.
They will now expire in 2038. UK had originally sought just a four year extension.
Richard Tice slams Keir Starmer for ‘handcuffing’ UK to EU in Sky News row
Richard Tice has has condemned a post-Brexit reset deal with the European Union as “just posturing”.
Reform UK’s deputy leader insisted “the last thing” Britain needs is to “handcuff” itself to an EU in recession.
Starmer: Time to move on from stale old political fights
Sir Keir Starmer said it was time to “move on from the stale old political fights” of the past on Brexit as he faced down critics of his EU “reset”.
The Prime Minister said he will “close a deal in the national interest”.
Jonathan Reynolds refuses to confirm youth mobility scheme cap
A minister refused to confirm whether a potential new youth mobility scheme with the EU would be capped on numbers.
Asked on Times Radio about a proposed new scheme, Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said existing similar schemes are capped.
Speaking about existing schemes, he said: “They’re limited. They’re targeted. It’s a sort of smart system. It’s not the kind of access people had when we were members of the European Union.”
He said: “I think last year, we issued, as a country about 24,000 visas for the various youth mobility schemes. So this is not immigration, it’s not freedom of movement. It’s something very different.
“Any scheme like this, if you look at the 13 we already have, they are capped, yes,” he added.
Minister fails to confirm a deal with EU is done
The UK Government’s negotiations for a new deal with the EU have been “promising” and “engaged”, a minister has said.
Speaking to Times Radio, Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds refused to confirm whether the deal has been finalised, but said there is a “real prize” for the country.
“The current deal has huge gaps in it, not just on areas to do with trade, but to do with security as well,” he said.
“So this is about making people better off, about making the country more secure, about making sure there are more jobs in the UK.”
Reform and Tories pledge to ‘tear up’ Eu deal if they come to power
Both Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage have already described the deal as a “surrender”.
They indicated they would tear it up if they came to power.
The Tories have also set out a series of “red lines” on fishing rights, including ensuring exclusive access to Britain’s territorial sea and resisting “a multi-year agreement which only benefits France”.
Negotiations go ‘down to the wire’ as Keir Starmer seeks EU reset deal
Monday’s summit will see Sir Keir meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen for the second time in four days as he aims to strike a deal with the EU on a range of issues.
Deals on allowing British travellers to use e-gates at European airports, cutting red tape on food exports and setting up a youth mobility scheme with the EU are also thought to be on the table.
But reports suggest disagreements over fishing rights and youth mobility have presented last-minute stumbling blocks to an agreement.
‘Sell-out!’ Keir Starmer warned against ‘capitulating’ to EU in Brexit fishing talks
Sir Keir Starmer must not “sell out” or “capitulate” to the EU during a UK-EU summit on Monday, MPs and fishermen have warned.
Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins visited the Isle of Wight ahead of the crunch talks on Monday, where fishermen told her the industry faces extinction without drastic support.
Victoria Atikins MP, Joe Robertson MP and fisherman Ed Blake (Image: Tim Merry/Reach Plc)
Keir Starmer’s two sticking points revealed at UK-EU summit talks
Fishing rights and the free movement of young people between the UK and EU has emerged as a key negotiating point ahead of the UK’s EU-UK summit.
Sir Keir Starmer will meet EU leaders at the talks in London on Monday in an effort to secure a landmark reset of relations since Brexit.
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