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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

UK deal with EU will not return to ‘arguments of the past’, minister says

Starmer and von der Leyen laughing outside No 10
No 10 said Starmer and von der Leyen had agreed to aim for ‘as ambitious a package as possible’. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock

The UK’s new deal with the EU will be a break from “debates and arguments of the past”, the UK’s chief negotiator, Nick Thomas-Symonds, has said, pledging that growth will be the highest priority of the talks.

Meanwhile, Keir Starmer held talks with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, in London, as momentum builds towards a crucial EU-UK summit in May.

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