Reeves hopes hat-trick of deals shows Britain is open for business

Impact of agreements on food, energy and defence may not be huge but chancellor believes it will draw investors to UK

• EU reset deal puts Britain back on the world stage, says Keir Starmer

Rachel Reeves joked to journalists after Monday's EU-UK reset that trade deals were coming along like buses", given the agreements with India and the US that had also been sealed in the past fortnight alone.

The chancellor described the EU deal as the best that had been secured by any non-member country, but she was also keen to talk about the three successful negotiations as a package.