BREXIT freedoms are to be signed away today at a “surrender summit”;; — as Sir Keir Starmer drags Britain back into the shackles of Europe.
is set to agree a new trade deal with the EU, setting the stage for free movement for millions of young Europeans.
Bending the knee to , the arrangement is also expected to once more fling open British waters to and concede to the bloc on food standards.
By tying Britain back up in , the UK would be placed under the — a major reversal of the promise.
Negotiations were down to the wire last night, with British and European diplomats still wrangling into the evening.
A No 10 source said outstanding issues meant talks would have to continue through the night — just hours before the summit kicks off.
Senior politicians last night lined up to slam arch-Remainer Sir Keir for preparing to sign off a “surrender deal”;; which would betray 17million Brexit voters and risk compromising a future with US President .
leader said: “Opening up our borders to millions of people in the EU will make red wall voters doubt Labour even more.
“It’s clear Labour can’t be trusted to secure our borders. This is a surrender deal by Starmer.”;;
leader said: “We’ve seen time and again, when Labour negotiates, Britain loses. Labour should have used this review of our EU trade deal to secure new wins for Britain, such as an EU-wide agreement on Brits using passport e-gates on the continent.
“Instead, it sounds like we’re giving away our fishing quotas, becoming a rule-taker from Brussels once again and getting free movement by the back door. This isn’t a reset, it’s a surrender.”;;
Ex-chief Brexit negotiator said: “A lot of people seem to think we have no trade agreement with the EU at all.
“We’ve got this massive one that has been working perfectly well.
“But, of course, Labour have to say it’s working badly to justify all the concessions they’re about to make in the next couple of days.
“I don’t know what we’re getting out of this deal.”;;
Sir Keir will meet European Commission president to thrash out the outcome of a secretive agreement, months in the making.
One of the main benefits anticipated is giving British holidaymakers access to passport e-gates in EU member states.
Having to wait in lengthy queues at borders has become a major bugbear for UK tourists.
And British firms will have access to a €150billion fund for military procurement.
But shorter airport queues will come at a major cost for the fishing industry and already sky-high net migration figures.
Sir Keir is understood to be considering prolonging European access to British fishing waters by several years — subject to a cap on the amount of catch.
And a “dynamic alignment”;; on food standards would drag Britain back into the bloc by the back door, it is claimed.
Falling under European jurisdiction would endanger a future agricultural deal with the US.
Mr Trump is unlikely to sign off abiding by EU standards, which he has publicly criticised, to trade with the UK.
One of the biggest expected concessions is a new .
The visa route for under-35s could pave the way for 80million new migrants — or 150million if nine “candidate countries”;; — including — are allowed to join.
Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister for EU relations, yesterday refused to confirm the new immigration route would have a cap.
Brussels negotiators have been steadfast against putting any limits on the scheme.
A source said: “The EU are blocking the specific word ‘capped’ going in any text. The current wording is terrible.”;;
Desperately attempting to defend the surrender deal yesterday, Mr Thomas-Symonds told the BBC: “We know we’ve had lorries waiting for 16 hours, fresh food in the back not able to be exported because it’s just going off.
“Red tape, all the certifications that are required, we absolutely want to reduce that.”;;
He claimed aligning with EU food standards would “make sure we get far easier trade”;; and any youth mobility scheme would have to be “smart and controlled”;;.
The minister insisted: “What we are looking to do, we don’t come at this from an ideological perspective, we come from a practical perspective.
“Where it is in our national interest to align on common standards to make sure we get far easier trade, to mean that businesses that had to stop trading with the EU because of the red tape can start trading with the EU again.”;;
A No 10 source said: “Throughout the last six months of negotiations with the European Union, the Prime Minister has been clear he will only agree a deal which delivers in the UK national interest.
“Huge progress has been made in agreeing a mutually beneficial deal with the EU — one that will deliver for British working people.
“Our focus is on doing a deal that delivers on the PM’s core mission of growing the economy and putting more money into the pockets of hardworking British people.”;;
