As we've been reporting, a 12-year deal has been agreed on fishing access for EU boats in UK waters.

It's still not clear what other deals might be announced today, but here are some of the issues that have been under discussion.

Security pact: In earlier Brexit talks, there was talk of a Security and Defence Partnership, but nothing was settled. Now, a new UK-EU security pact has been in the pipeline for months, and it's expected to be a key part of today's deal.

Veterinary deal: The UK wants to sign a “veterinary” deal to remove some border checks on food and drink. But this could be politically risky, as it would mean the UK aligning some of its food and drink rules with the EU, and keeping in step with Brussels over time.

Youth mobility: The EU has suggested a "youth mobility scheme" for 18 to 30-year-olds, allowing stays of up to four years. The Conservative government said no, but Labour recently hinted a “controlled youth mobility scheme” could be helpful. This is now subject to further negotiation, as our political editor Chris Mason understands.

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Jessica Parker
Reporting from Brussels

A new UK-EU fishing deal will last until 2038, according to two EU diplomats.

One source said they could not go into details but another said it amounted to a rollover of the existing terms.

They said the text as it currently reads says: “We note the political agreements leading to full reciprocal access to waters to fish until 30 June 2038 and extending energy co-operation on a continuous basis.”

Current provisions had been due to expire next year. Brussels had been seeking a multi-year access settlement.

Downing Street has been approached for comment.

Chris Mason
Political editor

A deal has been done between the UK and the European Union.

A 12-year deal has been done on fishing access for EU boats into UK waters, which will no doubt prompt a big row.

The government will argue it has secured improved trading rights for food and agricultural products into the European Union.

A defence and security pact will be central to the deal set out in a few hours.

Both sides will emphasise the shared desire for deepening co-operation.

Other key elements will still be subject to further negotiation, such as the idea of a youth mobility scheme.

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A topic we might hear more about today is airport border queues.

Yesterday, on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, EU relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds confirmed the UK is pushing for UK passport holders to use EU e-gates.

When Brexit ended freedom of movement, it changed the rules for people travelling to European countries. Now, British passport holders can't use "EU/EEA/CH" lanes at EU border crossings.

They still don't need a visa for short trips to the Schengen area, but there's a limit of 90 days in any 180-day period.

Is Britain really inching back towards the EU?published at 08:08 British Summer Time

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Damian Grammaticas
Political correspondent

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Before Brexit, British prime ministers would travel to Brussels four times a year or more for summits with the heads of the EU's institutions and its 27 member states.

The haggling would go on late into the night. After Brexit those large summits stopped.

Now, the Labour government, elected last year on a manifesto that promised "an improved and ambitious relationship with our European partners", envisages new and regular interactions with the EU. Monday's marks the first.

Keir Starmer will host the most senior EU leaders to launch a new "partnership".

Pedro Serrano, the EU ambassador to London, has described it as the "culmination of enhanced contacts at the highest levels since the July 2024 [UK] elections". But what will it amount to?

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Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has been speaking live on BBC Breakfast, saying the fine details of any agreements are still being worked on.

"There is a big prize here," Reynolds tells the BBC.

"I can't tell you at this stage that it is all done, but I can tell you it has been very promising, there have been some breakthroughs and fundamentally it is about making people in this country better off."

Reynolds says the government wants "people to see and feel immediate benefits" and adds that "parliamentary sovereignty will be retained".

Jessica Parker
Reporting from Brussels

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Talks have gone to the wire; it was ever thus.

Yesterday, as negotiations stretched on into the evening, an EU diplomat told me that Brussels needed “strong guarantees” on issues that matter most to member states – such as fisheries, energy and youth mobility.

Any “reset” must be “win-win” for both sides, they said.

Yet, despite any last-minute warning shots and haggling behind closed doors, be in no doubt; an agreement was almost certainly going to be signed off today one way or another.

The arrangements for a "deal done" moment have been made. The proverbial red carpet rolled out in readiness. Calling things off now would have been too embarrassing, for both sides.

Now, as we look to the day ahead, it is the details of this agreement that will really matter.

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Conservative MP and shadow secretary of state for Scotland Andrew Bowie insists any fresh agreement with the EU should not be "done at any price".

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Bowie says as the opposition party the Tories have set out three points which test Sir Keir Starmer's deal.

"We shouldn't be rule takers from the European Union, we shouldn't be selling off our fishing industry off to the European Union and should make sure no new money is being sent off to the EU."

Bowie adds that the Tories have little confidence that Labour have agreed a deal which serves the best interests of the UK.

"An improvement is always good, but a full reset I don't think is required," he says.

Here's a quick look at what to expect as the UK and the European Union get ready to announce a series of deals at a summit in central London.

Sir Keir Starmer is set to welcome EU leaders at Lancaster House this morning.

There'll be a formal meeting, followed by a news conference, which we expect in the early afternoon.

Our team will be digging into the details of any deal and sharing views from across the political spectrum. Stay with us as we explain what it all means.

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Another main topic expected today is fishing.

Fishing makes up just 0.4% of the UK's GDP, but it was a big talking point during the Brexit campaign. There were promises that the UK would become an "independent coastal state".

Under the Brexit deal in 2020 however, EU boats were given continued access to UK waters.

That deal runs out at the end of June next year.

Several EU countries, including France, want to extend the current arrangements for longer.

However, UK fishermen are worried about this. The Scottish Fishermen's Federation has written to the prime minister ahead of today's summit, asking for fishing rights to be protected.

"If another multi-year deal is on the table, that must come with some transfer of meaningful commercially viable fishing opportunities to the UK," Elspeth Macdonald, Chief Executive of the SFF, told BBC's The World Tonight programme last week.

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A new security and defence pact could be announced today, as Labour promised an "ambitious" agreement to "strengthen co-operation on the threats that we face".

Some political parties say the Nato alliance is enough, and the UK doesn't need another pact.

But there’s more to it than just another pact. One area of interest is a new European Commission initiative, Security Action for Europe (SAFE), which would offer loans to member states to help them invest in defence through common procurement.

The UK wants its defence companies to be able to bid for contracts under this scheme.

But EU countries appear split over whether non-members such as the UK should be allowed to take part - you can read more here.

Haggling, fish, sovereignty, cash and courts forming the talkspublished at 06:33 British Summer Time

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Chris Mason
Political editor

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Whatever your views about Brexit, a word of warning: the next 24 hours or so might be triggering if the kind of headlines and phrases that made the news for years on end became mildly off-putting roughly between 2016 and 2020.

There will be talk of haggling, of fish, of sovereignty, of cash and of courts. And we have already had senior figures on both sides talking about last-minute tweaks and that old favourite in the phraseology of EU negotiations: "Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed."

It feels like a landmark moment. After the years of Brexit noise, there were the years of (relative) Brexit silence. Now, it is returning to the news again.

What will change is actually relatively narrowly defined – the government has promised it will not take the UK back into three of the biggest pillars of the EU: its customs union, single market or the freedom of movement of people around the bloc.

But that much accepted, there is plenty that is being talked about.

• Read more here from Chris Mason's latest insight into the last-minute deal talks

Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent

There was a “breakthrough” in talks between the UK and the EU last night.

Government sources tell me that the remaining stumbling blocks to a deal, mostly concerning fishing rights, were solved at about 22:30 BST on Sunday night.

It clears the way for Keir Starmer and EU leaders to announce a deal today at the first post-Brexit UK-EU summit.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting EU leaders at a summit in London today - topics include defence, trade, fishing, and a possible youth mobility scheme.

Downing Street has called it "an opportunity" to bring benefits for people in the UK and the EU - and this morning, sources say a "breakthrough" was reached. We'll have more on that in the next post.

But opposition parties are sceptical.

Details of any deals have not been announced, but the Conservatives call the talks a "surrender summit", Reform UK fear "the great British sellout", and the Liberal Democrats say the talks are a "huge opportunity" the UK might waste.

We'll be following the talks throughout the day from our newsroom in London, with our reporters at the summit, so stay with us.