Starmer has welcomed a substantial new arrangement with the EU, presenting it as a fresh phase in post-Brexit relations and improved market access, while sceptics claim the £9bn commitment compromises UK fishing rights and raises concerns over sovereignty.

Brussels’s late-stage fishing demands risk derailing progress on post-Brexit talks, placing the PM’s attempts to reset relations with the EU in jeopardy just before a pivotal summit.

Keir Starmer has welcomed a refreshed Brexit strategy encompassing a youth mobility scheme for younger Europeans, while The PM maintains it will not reintroduce free movement.

The PM aims to hold negotiations with up to nine nations to finalise new asylum arrangements, after an earlier proposal was rejected, seeking to establish “return hubs” abroad to ease pressure on domestic systems.