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

Starmer has declared Britain’s “need to get closer” to the EU bloc, and, as talks continue about a “reset” deal on food exports, energy markets and a youth mobility scheme, “the breakthrough on Erasmus will help” him “demonstrate progress”, said The Guardian ’s Pippa Crerar.

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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

There have been calls for Fujitsu to be stripped of its public contracts while sub postmasters affected by the scandal await full compensation. In August, more than 32 MPs and 44 peers wrote to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, urging him to block the firm from bidding for control of the TSS platform.

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

Britain on Monday said it had finalised a free trade deal with South Korea after two years of talks to upgrade their post-Brexit trading relationship, secure preferential market access, and lock in lower tariffs for longer.