UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sealed a deal with European Union leaders that lays the ground for closer collaboration with the bloc, seeing the removal of the vast majority of border checks on food and agricultural goods.

Former Brexit Party MEP and fisheries campaigner June Mummery has launched a furious tirade on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's EU deal, claiming he has committed a "massive betrayal" against Britain's fishing industry.

Keir Starmer isn’t known as much of a gambler. The prime minister, a lawyer to trade, prefers to weigh up both sides of an argument before making a balanced judgment on his preferred course of action.