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.

Fishermen from across the EU have said they are delighted with Keir Starmer's UK-EU trade deal, which critics have accused the Prime Minister of “selling out” Britain’s fishing industry. The UK secured a 12-year fishing agreement with the European Union,

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.