Keir Starmer says his EU deal will allow UK holidaymakers to use e-gates at European airports, "ending huge queues to port control"
In a statement to the Commons, he says the agreement gives the UK the "best access" of any country outside the EU to the bloc's markets
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch criticises Starmer's "hat-trick of deals" with the EU, the US and India as "own goals", describing the one with Brussels as "pitiful"
On the PM's e-gate promise, Badenoch says "this isn't true" and more discussions are due
Meanwhile, BBC correspondents have been answering your questions on the deal - they've covered queues at airports, holiday homes and Lincolnshire sausages
Chris Mason
Political editor
The prime minister initially looked around a little nervously in the news conference room - I looked over my shoulder and saw the autocue screens were blank.
But they have now sprung into life - Keir Starmer is due to speak in a moment.
Next up is European Commission President von der Leyen, who also praises Starmer and calls the series of deals "an historic moment".
"And it is a success," von der Leyen says. "We are turning a page, a new chapter in our unique relationship."
She says many topics have been covered in the UK-EU talks, including defence industries.
Costa says the EU and UK are "neighbours, allies, partners and friends".
He says the EU and UK are providers of global stability and a rules-based global order.
Costa also mentions Russia's war on Ukraine, saying they must put pressure on the Russian President Vladimir Putin with sanctions. He called for Russia to agree to an unconditional ceasefire.
Costa finishes by saying these summits will now happen every year.
Costa says negotiations have been going on for months, and he noticed a new positive energy in the relationship in February.
The EU and the UK have worked hand in hand to Ukraine and "stabilise transatlantic partnership", says the European Council president.
The agreements reached between London and Brussels today "represent more than just words on paper," and reflect shared commitments.
Image source, ReutersEuropean Council President António Costa (left) thanks the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a news conference
The news conference has begun.
Keir Starmer walks to the stage alongside European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Costa starts by thanking Starmer for hosting the summit today in central London, describing it as "truly productive".
"We have all succeeded," Costa says, adding that the UK and EU have delivered on "Starmer's ambition".
Chris Mason
Political editor
The two delegations have arrived in the news conference room and initially took seats on either side of the aisle - Brits on one side, EU on the other.
Noticing the divide, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and EU chief negotiator Maros Sefcovic swapped seats.
Chris Mason
Political editor
Image source, EPAEuropean Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic (L) waves as he is greeted by British Minister for the Constitution and EU Relations Nick Thomas-Symonds (R)
The minister responsible for the negotiations, Nick Thomas-Symonds, has arrived in the news conference room with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Asked if he had had a late night, he nodded and told us a Nando’s takeaway had sustained the British negotiators as the talks rumbled on very, very late.
Image source, EPAWe're soon going to be hearing from Keir Starmer in central London - his first public comments since unveiling a wide-ranging deal with the EU in the last hour.
We're expecting to get more details from the PM on that deal, as well as some questions for him.
You can follow the coverage by clicking watch live at the top of this page.
We'll also bring you text updates and sharp analysis from our team of correspondents. Stick with us.
Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent
But of course, pragmatism lies in the eye of the beholder.
The Conservatives have lambasted the deal as “surrender”, attacking both the 12-year extension to existing fishing quotas and the commitment for the UK to follow EU rules on agriculture.
Reform UK, in many ways the successor to the Brexit Party and Ukip, are unsurprisingly making a similar argument.
On the other side of the equation, the Liberal Democrats welcomed “some positive first steps” but urged the prime minister to “be more ambitious”. Their position is that the UK should re the EU’s customs union.
What will prove revealing over the coming days, weeks and months is not just those opposition parties’ positions but how much they campaign on them.
If opposition to today’s deal becomes a significant part of these parties’ platforms, it will tell us that they believe there is in fact plenty of controversy yet in the decades-long debate over the UK’s relationship with the EU.
If that is right, then today’s main significance may prove to have been thrusting questions about Brexit right back to the centre of political life.
But if Starmer is right that the bulk of the public simply wants as little friction with the EU as possible, then he could prove to be our first truly post-Brexit prime minister.
Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent
Image source, EPAThis is undeniably a significant deal.
In a funny way, though, for Keir Starmer to succeed he needs it to seem as insignificant and uncontroversial as possible.
For many in politics, wading through the details of this agreement will be an act of nostalgia – or perhaps deeply triggering. Dynamic alignment. Sanitary and phytosanitary checks. Fishing quotas. Jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. These are concepts, institutions and trade-offs which came to dominate British politics for much of the past decade.
And with good reason: as the UK navigated its divorce with the EU, these technical questions became deeply political as they shaped the post-Brexit relationship.
Keir Starmer’s big bet is that nobody really cares any more.
The view at the top of government is that there is no public clamour to reopen the biggest questions of Brexit – hip of the single market and customs union – but that making the relationship smoother within those parameters is mere pragmatic common sense.
Dharshini David
Deputy economics editor
Those selling food, drink and other agricultural products between Britain and the EU will be toasting a reduction in the red tape and checks which have impeded trade; UK exports of such items have fallen in recent years, with smaller producers particularly struggling with a deluge of formalities.
Between that agreement and one on the Emissions Trading Scheme, the government claims this deal will add £9bn to UK GDP by 2040. That is roughly equal to 0.3% of GDP – helpful but not quite the “huge” boost to growth it claims. And that would recoup only a small fraction of the 4% of GDP the government’s own independent forecasters reckon has been foregone as a result of Brexit.
For this deal only dismantles a few of the barriers the post-Brexit trading deal created. To fully compensate, economists say we would need to see the UK reing the single market and customs union and allow freedom of movement – all of which the government reiterated today are “red lines”.
Nevertheless, with other items under negotiation – for example a youth access scheme – today’s deal represents a breakthrough, building warmer economic relations, not to be sniffed at in a time of geopolitical uncertainty.
Image source, EPAThe new UK-EU deal also includes the announcement of a new security and defence partnership.
The government says this will "pave the way for the UK defence industry to participate in the EU's proposed new £150 billion Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defence fund" – which the government says will thousands of British jobs and boost employment.
Image source, Getty ImagesFood and drink imports and exports between the UK and the EU will be made easier by a new SPS agreement, the government says.
SPS stands for sanitary and phytosanitary, which refers to rules about animals and food.
The new agreement will reduce "red tape" for businesses and help cut lorry queues at the border, it says.
The government adds that this agreement will have no time limit.
The UK and EU have also agreed to work together on a "youth experience scheme".
This could mean young people might be able to travel and work freely within the European Union again.
The government says the scheme would be "capped and time-limited" and would be similar to ones the UK already has with countries like Australia and New Zealand.
British holidaymakers will soon be able to use more e-gates in Europe, which the government says "will end the dreaded queues" at border control.
As part of the deal, "pet ports" will also be introduced for cats and dogs, so there will no longer be a need for animal health certificates on every trip.
The UK and European Union have reached a deal on food, fishing access, defence and UK travellers' access to e-gates.
The government says the deal is "good for jobs, good for bills, and good for our borders".
Stay with us and we'll bring you all the latest analysis and reaction.
Image source, EPASome fishermen say the 12-year fisheries deal is "absolutely disastrous", but a lobby group for Scottish salmon exporters calls it a "breakthrough".
"We congratulate the UK government on securing this deal with the EU which will slash red tape and the time taken to get salmon to market," says Tavish Scott, chief executive of Salmon Scotland.
"This breakthrough will ease the burden on our farmers, processors and the communities they ," he adds.
Scottish salmon is the UK’s largest food export.
Jayne McCormack
NI political correspondent
Image source, PA MediaNorthern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has welcomed news of a deal between the UK and EU, but says “the devil will be in the detail”.
Speaking at Stormont, she said there’s been an “improved relationship” between London and Brussels.
“Anything that protects the all-island economy, anything that maximises our access to both markets in of trade, anything that removes barriers for trade, then that's something that we would obviously very much welcome.”
Image source, PA MediaScotland's external affairs secretary has criticised the UK-EU fisheries deal, saying the Scottish government was not consulted.
Writing on X, Angus Robertson says there has been no "recourse, involvement or approval of devolved istrations".
He says the Scottish government received no documentation or draft proposals in advance.
Image source, EPALiberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says the summit marks "some positive first steps" towards rebuilding a relationship with Europe.
"The Prime Minister must ignore the naysayers and dinosaurs in Reform and the Conservative Party and be more ambitious in getting the best deal in the national interest," he adds.