UK-EU Summit LIVE: Watch As Keir Starmer Unveils post-Brexit Deal

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UK-EU Summit LIVE: Watch As Keir Starmer Unveils post-Brexit Deal

Talks ran into the early hours because Brussels was demanding to tie the deal’s food export arrangements to long-term access to British fisheries.

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Britain has been prepared to extend existing fishing quotas, currently 75 per cent of pre-Brexit levels, for another four years. The EU was stipulating that any future attempt to renegotiate quotas would allow it to reopen the food standards deal, meaning it could threaten to reimpose border checks.

The Conservatives say Britain’s concession on fishing is “very concerning”.

Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, said: “12 years’ access to British waters is three times longer than the govt wanted. We’re becoming a rule-taker from Brussels once again. And with no details on any cap or time limits on youth mobility, fears of free movement returning will only increase. This is very concerning.”

Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, said the fishing industry had been “sacrificed” to get a deal over the line, calling it “far worse than we anticipated”

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