Spirit of willing and quiet resolve land UK-EU deal, but not without late wrangles

Eleventh-hour conflicts over youth mobility and fishing rights showed both sides bargaining hard

• Keir Starmer hails UK's reset deal with EU as a win-win'

For weeks, Keir Starmer had stayed tight-lipped about what he was putting on the table in his negotiations as part of the UK-EU deal, saying in line with Brussels: Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed."

But then just days before Monday's summit, the prime minister appeared to make a concession and pave the way for a youth mobility scheme, telling the Times in an interview: Youth mobility is not freedom of movement."