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EU-UK summit LIVE: Fears intensify over Keir Starmer's fishing 'Brexit betrayal'

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bid to secure a new deal with the has gone "down to the wire" with talks continuing overnight ahead of a major summit with the bloc on Monday.

in the negotaitions, with the EU demanding improved access to UK waters.

The talks include an expected announcement on defence and security, which could feature an agreement allowing British firms access to a 150 billion euro (£125 billion) EU defence fund.

Labour is also set to "surrender control of our country" and accept EU rules on food, Brexiteers have warned.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy were accused of a "Brexit betrayal" as they hailed a "new era" of relations between London and Brussels, ahead of a Summit at Lancaster House.

Agreeing with the European Union on food standards and plant and animal health - without the UK being able to influence the rules - would effectively take London into Brussels's orbit.

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