Starmer ‘confident’ of progress on EU deal ahead of major summit

Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘confident’ that his refusal to use ‘megaphone diplomacy’ would pay off ahead of a major UK-EU conference on Monday (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is confident of making progress on a deal with the EU ahead of a major summit on Monday.

The Government is set to host EU leaders in London next week as part of its “reset” with the bloc that could see an agreement struck on British access to a 150 billion euro (£126.4 billion) defence fund.