Everything that’s on the line for UK’s Brexit reset deal

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Demonstrators attend a rally to mark the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum in June of this year, calling for the UK to rejoin the bloc (Photo: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)…

There is a lot on the table for Britain when Andy Burnham travels to Brussels to talk with EU leaders next Friday – from cheaper food to lower energy bills and the chance for under-30s to work in Europe.

The Prime Minister will meet Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and António Costa, president of the European Council, at the second UK-EU summit since Brexit.

As he prepares to strike deals on everything from farming to defence, Burnham said he believes a “win-win” deal can be agreed that would be “more like the Brexit people thought they were voting for” in 2016.

Burnham, who used his Labour conference speech to say that Brexit has done “more harm than good”, had also planned to detail options for Britain’s long-term relationship with the EU around the time of the summit, but The i Paper understands this now might be delayed.

A major food deal is widely considered the summit’s biggest economic prize.

Burnham named it a top priority when he confirmed his attendance at the gathering last month, saying he wanted to focus on “cutting costs for our farmers, food producers and families”.

And, at the start of November, the BBC reported that a 200-page draft text had already been agreed.

Under current rules, every shipment of meat, dairy or fish to the EU needs a £200 export health certificate signed off by a vet, and plants need a £25 certificate showing they are free from pests and diseases.

Some products, including fresh sausages, burgers, some shellfish and seed potatoes, cannot be sold on the continent at all, because EU rules bar them from non-EU countries.

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