The report's findings stated that there are still "gaps" in how Stormont politicians can influence EU laws that apply through the Windsor Framework.

In the Erasmus programme’s previous guise, fewer UK students went abroad compared with the numbers coming in. But it was still hugely popular among young people in Britain and an entire generation since it ended in 2021 have been deprived of the experience. Its return will go down well with younger voters.

UK students will continue to pay their standard domestic fees - which are capped at £9,535 a year - when they are abroad, under the new deal to rejoin the Erasmus programme

A new SPS deal with the EU will help remove barriers to trade with our largest trading partner” – The Food & Drink Federation CEO Karen Betts.

Downing Street sources claim the agreement, hammered out after months of negotiations, marks the first tangible success in Starmer's promised "reset".

Meghan Benton, director for Global Programs at the Migration Policy Institute, told MPs that Brexit created a 'new dimension' in tackling illegal migration to the UK

Britain and the European Union are seeking to strike an agreement on Sanitary & Phytosanitary goods, in essence food and drink, early next year. M&S said it was “exactly the kind of pragmatic deal we have been hoping for”, stressing that it would remove costs and complexity in the current arrangements between the UK and EU.

There is a new magic spell bewitching Labour MPs, ministers and advisers, a belief that a pledge to start unstitching Brexit could save the party at the next election. All they have to do is stick on those ruby slippers, tap their heels and say “there’s no case like Rome”.