Nigel Farage has taken aim at Sir Keir Starmer's new deal with Germany as part of the UK's "EU reset".

The Reform UK leader referenced research which suggested Britain now aligned with Brussels in 21 areas, compared to four at the beginning of the year.

The Brexit architect also told viewers of his GB News show that the UK would would again start paying contributions to the EU.

A review of the current state of regulatory divergence, by the think tank UK in a Changing Europe, found that the first six months of the year had been the most significant period for post-Brexit changes for several years.

Labour has pledged to seek a closer relationship with the EU, aligning with Brussels on some major regulatory issues to smooth the flow of trade.

Mr Farage asked viewers whether this was an "all-out Brexit betrayal?".

Before that, he mocked Sir Keir's new deal with Germany which the Prime Minister claimed would help tackle illegal migration by stopping people from storing their boats in Germany.

Mr Farage mockingly said: "I'm sure that's going to make the most enormous difference to what's going on in the English Channel."

Sir Keir praised earlier German plans to “strengthen” laws to disrupt small boat crossings to the UK by the end of this year.

Speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday, the Prime Minister said that the proposals that will mean small boats can be seized are a “clear sign that we mean business”.

Berlin agreed last year to make facilitating the smuggling of migrants to the UK a criminal offence in a move that will give law enforcement more powers to investigate the supply and storage of small boats to be used for Channel crossings.

In a meeting in Downing Street today, Sir Keir thanked Mr Merz for his commitment to introduce legislation “by the end of the year” that would outlaw facilitating illegal migration to the UK, Number 10 said.