‘Look forward, not back’: UK keen for closer trade ties with EU, says Starmer

Keir Starmer onboard HMS St Albans in Oslo before the UK-EU trade summit. Photograph: Alistair Grant/PA Media

The UK has “ambitious” plans to secure a closer trading partnership with the EU, Keir Starmer has said, as he argued the British public had moved on from Brexit.

Before a UK-EU summit, the prime minister urged people to “look forward, not back” as the country embarked on a new era of its relationship with the bloc.