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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O’Carroll

MPs say Starmer’s UK-EU reset lacks ‘direction, definition and drive’

Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen
Keir Starmer during a press conference with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen after the UK-EU summit at Lancaster House in London in 2025. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

Keir Starmer’s efforts to reset the UK’s relationship with the EU are lacking in “direction, definition and drive”, parliament’s foreign affairs committee has said.

A report based on months of expert witness testimony found the summit between the UK and the EU at Lancaster House last May had “substantially improved the overall political relationship” after years of Brussels-bashing by the Conservatives.

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