Migration pact tops the next reset round

The next phase of the EU-UK deal negotiations takes shape at the forthcoming summit, where officials are expected to set an agenda built around a joint migration pact. The joint communique looking towards 2027 will call for strengthening efforts between the UK and the member states most exposed to the small boats crisis in the Channel. That work is to centre on the EU's Channel action plan, in place since June this year, and on a possible framework for a wider bespoke EU-UK migration plan.

Security cooperation sits alongside the migration file in what the next round could target:

• •collaboration on law enforcement and borders
• •visas for touring artists
• •mutual recognition of qualifications

The UK is believed to be pushing for access to the Eurodac database, which carries the fingerprints of asylum seekers, and to the Schengen Information System. SIS records details on fugitives, missing people and stolen goods, and before losing access through Brexit the UK was the third biggest user of the system.

Burnham: 'win-win' deal not yet done

Andy Burnham, whose reset remarks frame the political mood around the summit, said he believes a deal could be struck that is more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for in 2016. He described the reset as taking a step back to closer working relationships with Europe, adding that Britain ended up with a far harder Brexit than people thought they were getting when they went to the polls.

Burnham said the deal is not done and that there would be long nights ahead in the next seven days. He added that he would be fighting hard for the benefits for Britain in that period, saying they would make a real difference on the cost of living crisis.

What the Dublin summit leads into

The prime minister was meeting fellow leaders at the European Political Community summit in Dublin. That gathering comes ahead of a keenly anticipated EU-UK summit the following week, at which the two sides hope to sign deals on food and drink, emissions trading and a youth mobility scheme.

Burnham is expected to make the EU reset the centrepiece of his white-tie speech at the lord mayor's banquet on Monday night, covering foreign policy challenges widely. No 10 sources said the speech would focus on the upcoming Brussels summit and look ahead to the next stage in 2027, not outline a permanent close relationship.

Sticking points from Made in Europe to deportation

Key to the week's talks will be access to Made in Europe, which could lock British firms out of continental supply chains and public contracts if no deal is done. The EU has long said there cannot be a deal on Made in Europe at the summit because it has not finalised its own position. A potential concession on tuition fees, under which European students would pay domestic rates, could be traded for inclusion in the Made in Europe legislation, though the negotiations could still be challenging.

The EU has said the food and drink deal and the emissions-trading agreement may not enter into force without a deal on tuition fees. Burnham called it a package deal, but would not be drawn on whether he accepted the link. Meanwhile, Ministry of Justice officials are trying to water down an EU ultimatum on halting the deportation of foreign national offenders. A Whitehall source called the late demand "the classic wheeze that the EU always pulls at the last minute of negotiations".