27 h. ago From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort | Simon Jenkins

Keir Starmer is not blameless when it comes to Brexit, but he is moving in the right direction. Even the Tories attacking him know thatFor the Tories to attack Keir Starmer’s first step towards a Brexit reset is monumental hypocrisy. Their Brexit led to £4.7bn being spent on implementing post-EU border arrangements, according to the National Audit Office, including a vastly expensive “take back control” border post at Sevington in Kent. No other country in the world can have erected such ludicrous barriers against its biggest trading partners. All are now wasted. At least the nonsense can stop. Memorial plaques to Boris Johnson should be pinned to their gates and passersby invited to sign a 50-page customs form in his memory.Meanwhile, Starmer should hang his own head in shame. He was Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit henchman back in 2019, when Labour voted down Theresa May’s bid to negotiate a soft Brexit deal that would certainly have gone beyond what was signed this week. It was Starmer wh...

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3 d. ago Minister risks wrath of fishing industry as he claims there is 'no downside' to Brexit 'reset'

Environment Secretary Steve Reed mounted a robust defence of the package as he appeared before MPs, despite fury at the 'disastrous' terms.

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3 d. ago Tories mock Keir Starmer's 'bogus' claim that his Brexit 'reset' deal will allow Brits to use e

The Prime Minister boasted his agreement with Brussels, signed yesterday, would end 'huge queues' for holidaymakers at passport control in Europe.

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3 d. ago UK politics live: Reeves eyes trade deal with Gulf countries after striking EU Brexit reset pact

The chancellor is hoping an agreement can be secured with countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset restores Britain’s place in Europe with pragmatism, not ideology

Editorial: The prime minister has achieved what once seemed impossible: strengthening Britain’s global role without reopening the Brexit divide

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4 d. ago Voices: Independent readers praise Brexit reset deal – ‘Starmer is showing that Britain can act like a grown

Our community welcomed the move as a long-overdue step to cut red tape and begin repairing the damage caused by earlier Brexit agreements

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4 d. ago Starmer’s Brexit reset deal ‘turns page’ on relations with EU

The prime minister unveils his third major international deal this month as he puts pen to paper for a new deal which removes trade barriers and red tape

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4 d. ago How Starmer managed to have his cake and eat it with new Brexit deal

During the Brexit negotiations after the referendum, the notion that Britain could have a trade deal with the US or India while still having favourable access to the EU was sneered at as impossible. But in a single month Sir Keir Starmer has achieved it, explains The Independent’s political editor David Maddox

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4 d. ago Starmer under fire for missing ‘open goal’ on youth mobility in post

Critics accused the PM of failing to secure a youth mobility agreement with the EU

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4 d. ago Starmer’s Brexit reset deal hailed for ‘turning page’ on relations with EU

Sir Keir Starmer unveils his third major international deal this month as he puts pen to paper for a Brexit reset which removes trade barriers and red tape and creates a new defence cooperation with the EU

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4 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer says Britain is ‘back on world stage’ as details of UK

UK holidaymakers will be able to use e-gates at European airports, pet passports will be introduced for cats and dogs and businesses can sell burgers and sausages into the EU

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4 d. ago Richard Tice accuses Starmer’s Brexit reset of ‘handcuffing UK to an EU in recession’

Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, has dismissed Sir Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal as “posturing”, saying it will "handcuff the UK to an EU in recession”.

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4 d. ago The key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal with EU

Now that a deal with the EU has finally been unveiled, The Independent takes a look at exactly what has been agreed

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4 d. ago Voices: Starmer’s EU strategy isn’t a Brexit betrayal – it’s a necessity

No one voted to be worse off in the 2016 EU referendum, writes Femi Oluwole. That’s why seeking a closer relationship with Europe is not disloyalty – it’s a correction

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5 d. ago UK politics live: EU demands for fishing rights ‘hold up’ Starmer’s post

UK’s lead negotiator says overnight talks going ‘down to the wire’ hours before Starmer set to unveil deal at London summit

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5 d. ago British travellers could get access to EU passport queues again in Brexit reset deal

The arrangement, if agreed, would cut the amount of time travellers spend waiting in queues in Europe

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6 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer urged to be ‘bold’ in Brexit reset talks ahead of crunch meeting

Starmer has insisted he wishes to avoid ‘megaphone diplomacy’ by eschewing a running commentary on negotiations

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6 d. ago Prime Minister Keir Starmer set to 'reset' relations with EU after Brexit

European leaders are set to travel to London this week for a summit

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7 d. ago Starmer in 11th hour Brexit reset talks with Macron and Ursula von der Leyen to secure crucial deal

The prime minister will meet the European Commission and French presidents on the fringes of the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Albania with the Brexit reset talks heating up

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7 d. ago Starmer in11th hour Brexit reset talks with Macron and Ursula von der Leyen to secure crucial deal

The prime minister will meet the European Commission and French presidents on the fringes of the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Albania with the Brexit reset talks heating up

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