Sir Keir Starmer has been invited to attend an informal summit of EU leaders in February – the first time since Brexit that a British prime minister meets exclusively with the EU’s 27 heads of ...

The year began with the return of the power-sharing executive when the Stormont Assembly was reinstated in February (eased by a £3.3bn handout from the UK government) after a two-year Brexit impasse.

Despite efforts to build bridges with Brussels and key European capitals, progress has been incremental at best, as the UK continues to grapple with the economic and political fallout from Brexit.