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Starmer To Host First UK-EU Summit Since Brexit

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts European Union chiefs on Monday for a landmark summit designed to usher in a closer relationship between Britain and the bloc, five years after Brexit.

International Business Times · May 19, 2025

Negotiations go ‘down to the wire’ as Keir Starmer seeks EU reset deal

Reports suggest disagreements over fishing rights and youth mobility have presented last-minute stumbling blocks to an agreement.

The Independent UK · May 18, 2025

UK strikes 'landmark' post-Brexit deal with EU on passports and food but row erupts over 12-year fishing rights

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage and the Tories have attacked the deal as a Brexit ‘surrender’

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

EU talks going ‘to the wire’ as Starmer prepares to announce deal

The Prime Minister has said the agreement would be ‘another step forwards’ for the UK.

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

Starmer set to announce new EU deal at London summit

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is hosting a major summit with the bloc on Monday.

Evening Standard · May 17, 2025

Starmer says closer EU ties will be good for UK jobs, bills and borders

Sir Keir Starmer appeared to signal that a youth mobility deal could be possible.

Evening Standard · May 17, 2025

Starmer accused of shutting foreign press out of major post-Brexit reset summit

A foreign journalist said news wires from Spain, Italy and Germany have been denied access to the EU-UK summit on Monday

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

Starmer told to be more ambitious with EU reset to tackle ‘suffering’ caused by Brexit

Labour prime minister, set for 11th-hour Brexit reset talks with Macron and Ursula von der Leyen to secure crucial deal, faces calls to be more ambitious

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

Starmer signals youth mobility scheme with EU would not cross red line

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said ‘youth mobility is not freedom of movement’ ahead of a UK-EU summit in London on Monday.

Evening Standard · May 16, 2025

Starmer gives new hope for EU youth mobility scheme ahead of Brexit reset: ‘It is not freedom of movement’

Sir Keir Starmer has suggested youth mobility would not break Labour’s red lines, ahead of a UK-EU summit in London on Monday

The Independent UK · May 16, 2025