Donald Trump feels neither the Labour nor Tory governments have made the most of Brexit and he wants to pull Britain away from the EU's orbit, reports say.

The EU will be more willing to sign a security pact with the UK amid fears for global stability following Donald Trump’s election as United States president, insiders believe. Sir Keir Starmer has made a defence and security pact a key plank of his post-Brexit reset of relations with the EU but questions have been raised about how deeply either side is willing to co-operate.

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy, who knows Mr Trump personally, said he believed the Republican politician would have ‘sympathy’ over Brexit.