‘Address migrant crisis'

SIR Keir Starmer urged European leaders to address the illegal migration “crisis” and to stand firm in support of Ukraine as he sought to strengthen the UK’s ties with the continent.

The Prime Minister hopes the European Political Community summit will provide an opportunity to “reset” the UK’s relations with its neighbours after the turmoil of the Brexit years.

Opening the summit at Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, he also stressed his Government’s support for the European Convention on Human Rights after the Conservatives had flirted with the idea of pulling out of the agreement.

Sir Keir told Europe’s leaders the UK would be a “friend and a partner ready to work with you” and “not part of the European Union, but very much part of Europe”.