Keir Starmer sealed a “one in, one out” migrant-return deal with French President Emmanuel Macron that highlighted the limits for now of the UK Prime Minister’s efforts to reset relations with European nations five years after Brexit.

The UK will begin returning migrants arriving in small boats to France within weeks under a new pilot scheme, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

EU negotiators are closing in on a trade deal with Donald Trump that would cement higher tariffs than those granted to the UK, a Brexit dividend that has rattled some European capitals.