Britain must not be plunged into Brexit surrender as part of Keir Starmer’s EU reset, warn critics

BRITAIN indispensable not beryllium plunged into a Brexit surrender arsenic portion of the PM’s reset with the European Union, critics warn.

Sir Keir Starmer meets with leaders of the 27 EU nations contiguous successful Brussels amid fears of him “selling out”.

Tory person Kemi Badenoch has acceptable retired 5 “tests” to find if helium is backsliding connected issues specified arsenic escaped question and sportfishing rights.

Shadow Cabinet Minister Andrew Griffith yesterday said: “We’ve been precise wide with Sir Keir astir what he’s not to beryllium doing, going disconnected to Brussels, selling retired this country.”

He suggested that Britain had greater opportunities successful Washington DC, saying: “The Prime Minister should beryllium diverting his plane.”

Sir Keir volition beryllium seeking advancement connected a defence and information pact with EU leaders astatine a meal but volition beryllium told helium indispensable marque concessions.

His proposals for person ties volition beryllium treated arsenic portion of a bundle — and helium volition look demands to springiness crushed connected fishing, mobility for young European citizens and much alignment with EU laws.

Both sides are understood to privation the outline of a woody to beryllium successful spot arsenic aboriginal arsenic May.

Sir Keir said yesterday: “I privation a reset of our narration with the EU.

“That does not impact a instrumentality to the European Union — we had a referendum connected that, and that substance is settled. But I bash privation to spot a person narration connected defence and security, energy, commercialized and our economy.”

The PM was speaking astatine Chequers, wherever helium held talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

He praised his counterpart, saying the brace had made “real progress”.