In an awkward twist for Labour’s Brexit ambitions, Brussels has flatly turned down the UK’s request for access to EU migration data – a move the Conservatives say leaves Sir Keir Starmer looking “taken for a fool.”
The Prime Minister had pinned high hopes on a new security-focused deal with the EU to reboot the UK’s post-Brexit relationship. But one of the key elements in Labour’s so-called “reset” – a data-sharing agreement to help crack down on people smuggling and illegal Channel crossings – has been knocked back, reported the Express.
