PARIS (Reuters) -Record illegal migrant crossings across the English Channel this year showed Brexit had failed to deliver on a British promise of tighter border controls, said French President Emmanuel Macron, adding that British people had been 'sold a lie.'

Sir Keir Starmer and France's President Macron held talks at Downing Street. Mr Macron has suggested Britain needs to reduce the "pull factors" attracting migrants to the UK.

Keir Starmer sealed a “one in, one out” migrant-return deal with French President Emmanuel Macron that highlighted the limits for now of the UK Prime Minister’s efforts to reset relations with European nations five years after Brexit.