Fury at EU's demand for cash to join defence fund

BREXITEERS hit out at Labour yesterday following reports that Britain will have to pay to join a European Union defence fund.

- By Katie Harris Senior Political Correspondent

The UK and the EU are due to sign a wider security deal at a summit in London next month, as part of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's Brexit "reset".

But a second agreement will reportedly be required before UK companies are able to bid for the new €150billion EU defence fund.

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice said it "confirms what we have known all along - Labour can't be trusted to strike a deal with the EU that puts Britain first".

He said: "We have a Government stuffed with Remainers, led by a PM who tried to overturn Brexit and ignore 17 million voices.