EU and UK agree new deal ahead of summit

European trawlers will have fishing access to UK waters while EU will allow Britain access defence fund

Details of a new deal will be announced at the first UK-EU summit on Monday, at which British prime minister Keir Starmer will meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

The EU and the UK have agreed a new deal ahead of a major summit which will include giving EU fishing boats access to UK waters while the UK will have access to an EU defence fund. 

British government sources said talks were "down to the wire" on Sunday, there was a major breakthrough. The deal has now been approved by the EU ambassadors' committee, it is understood.