At first annual summit in Cheshire, PM says friendship with Dublin is crucial in ‘uncertain and unstable’ times
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Keir Starmer has pledged a new era in Anglo-Irish relations after years of toxicity caused by Brexit as he opened a summit between the British and Irish governments in Cheshire.
Speaking at the first instalment of what will be an annual UK-Ireland summit, he said the need for a strong relationship between the two countries had never been greater. In turbulent times there were huge benefits to friendship between the two countries, he said in his opening remarks.
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