The EU has warned Britain that it will not sign off on a deal to cut red tape on food imports unless the Government agrees to bring back freedom of movement for young Europeans.

The Prime Minister is under pressure to deliver on Labour’s election pledge of cheaper supermarket and household goods by 2027. A sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with Brussels is seen as central to that plan, especially as food inflation has climbed to an 18-month high, reported GB News .

Labour’s EU negotiator Nick Thomas-Symonds met with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic in Brussels on Wednesday. After the meeting, he said: “Our target for the SPS agreements, which will benefit our agri-food industries, is to have them implemented by 2027.”

An agreement in principle was reached in

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