The report's findings stated that there are still "gaps" in how Stormont politicians can influence EU laws that apply through the Windsor Framework.

Starmer has declared Britain’s “need to get closer” to the EU bloc, and, as talks continue about a “reset” deal on food exports, energy markets and a youth mobility scheme, “the breakthrough on Erasmus will help” him “demonstrate progress”, said The Guardian ’s Pippa Crerar.

There have been calls for Fujitsu to be stripped of its public contracts while sub postmasters affected by the scandal await full compensation. In August, more than 32 MPs and 44 peers wrote to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, urging him to block the firm from bidding for control of the TSS platform.

The European Union has welcomed the United Kingdom’s decision to rejoin the Erasmus+ programme as a “big step forward”, framing the move as both a practical and symbolic reset in post-Brexit relations.

Downing Street sources claim the agreement, hammered out after months of negotiations, marks the first tangible success in Starmer's promised "reset".

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has listed Brexit alongside Covid-19 and the financial crisis as being “shocks” that had damaged the UK, as 100 MPs voted for Britain to rejoin a customs union with the EU.