Prime Minister Keir Starmer reached an agreement with US President Donald Trump to implement some main elements of the trade deal announced last month to lower US tariffs on key British exports and raise UK quotas on certain American agricultural products.

The leaders of Britain and the United States announced a deal last month, but it had not been clear when their agreement would go into effect. Britain hailed the announcement as “a huge win.”

Sir Keir Starmer was seen scrambling to pick up Donald Trump's UK-US trade deal papers last night after landmark talks between the pair. As the two leaders announced the deal's official signing at the G7 summit in Canada,