A Labour MP has said the new UK-EU trade deal is “just the beginning” as Britain strengthens its relationship with Europe.

The MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy, said in an email to Labour supporters that the new deal is “the path to freer trade, higher growth and greater security for the UK in a world made more fragile by Putin and Trump”.

Creasy, who has been MP for Walthamstow since 2010, requested donations from Labour supporters to “help us keep fighting to reset our relationship with Europe”.

Sir Keir Starmer announced the details of the new deal in London alongside President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

Creasy explained to her supporters the benefits of the deal, outlining the positives Labour have installed.

She said: “The UK and EU have signed a formal Security and Defence Partnership. This will let us work more closely together to tackle common threats and especially on Europe’s response to Putin’s aggression.

“The UK and EU have agreed to work towards establishing a so-called SPS agreement on food safety and animal and plant health. This should remove the need for border checks, extra paperwork and costs on businesses importing and exporting food, drink, plant and animal products.”

The Labour MP noted that the UK exports approximately 70 per cent of its fishing catches to the EU, so securing this deal is crucial for the industry.

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Creasy added in her email that “the UK [and the] EU have agreed to keep talking on other measures to remove trade barriers, as well as holding regular high-level summits”.

Notably, no matters were discussed in the email about small boat crossings or migration numbers, which Labour have come under criticism from.

Concluding in her email, Creasy said: “Now more than ever, we need your help.

“This deal is a first step, but it is the beginning – not the end – of the fight for a better relationship and a better future standing together with Europe.”

Leader of the Conservatives Kemi Badenoch said that the deal “means Britain [is] becoming a rule taker”.

In regards to the fishing arrangement of the deal, Badenoch explained: “It is staggering that on fisheries, Britain is now in a worse position than the Faroe Islands, and on agri food, we’re in a weaker position than New Zealand, who got SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary) concessions without being a rule taker or paying money.”

Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, issued a damning verdict to the deal, telling GB News that this is “an abject surrender [and is] the end of the fishing industry”.

Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats told Starmer to “ignore the [right wing] dinosaurs fighting old battles, who want to drag us back to the destructive Brexit wars of the past, and focus on getting the best deal possible for the UK.”

He encouraged the Prime Minister to be “bold and ambitious for our country”, noting that “voters were promised change by this government, and they have to deliver”.