Macron blames Brexit for rise in migrant crossings as Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ small boats deal: Latest - French president says Britons ‘sold a lie’ as plan to tackle small boat Channel crossings

Nigel Farage tried to exploit the government’s failure so far to “smash the gangs” sending thousands of asylum seekers across the Channel in small boats – and ended up getting schooled by Keir Starmer.

Sir Keir Starmer was hoping to break the curse of the cabinet away day as he summoned his ministers to Chequers for the launch of a summer "refresh" of his troubled government.The aim: to plot a course for a recovery during Labour's second year in power after a first 12 months blighted by economic woes,

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed a “groundbreaking” one in, one out migration deal – just hours after hundreds made the perilous journey across the English Channel to the UK.At the end of a historic three-day state visit by the French president,

The UK wants to gain access to the EU’s multibillion-pound weapons fund by the end of the year, with the Government set to press France on the matter during Emmanuel Macron’s state visit.A senior Government source told The i Paper that access to the 150bn euro (£126bn) rearmament loans fund was the UK’s most urgent priority in attempting to deliver on the promise of Sir Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal agreed with the EU in May.

Keir Starmer’s chief negotiator says the UK must be “ruthlessly pragmatic” with Brexit reset talks and strike an ambitious deal in just three months. European affairs minister Nick Thomas ...

K eir Starmer is being accused of “betraying the 2016 Brexit vote” by seeking, in his “Brexit Reset” today, a closer relationship with the EU in an effort to improve our economy. And here ...