Government says new EU deal will make food cheaper and add £9bn to the economy

Keir Starmer at UK-EU summit, May 2025

Source: Number 10

The government today has hailed a new reset with the European Union, which it said will “slash red tape” on food products and will be a boost to the economy.

The deal agreed early this morning and announced today will make “food cheaper, slash red tape, and open up access to the EU market”, in exchange for granting European fishers an additional 12 years of access to British waters.

 

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