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Ed Miliband has wrestled control of Labour's Brexit 'reset' after being named Foreign Secretary, it has emerged.

He will play a 'greater role' in talks with the EU than his predecessors at the Foreign Office.

Prior to Andy Burnham replacing Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, Labour's Brexit 'reset' was being spearheaded by the Cabinet Office.

Nick Thomas-Symonds, a close ally of Sir Keir, led negotiations with Brussels on Britain forging closer ties with the bloc.

But - now that he has been installed in the Foreign Office by Mr Burnham - Mr Miliband is set to have a bigger say, his department told Politico.

He, together with Mr Burnham and new European Relations minister Hamish Falconer, will be more involved in the Government's EU strategy, the website reported.

It comes as Mr Miliband made his first visit to the continent as Foreign Secretary on Wednesday, during which he was due to meet his French and Spanish counterparts.

He is also said to have accepted an invite to attend an EU meeting of foreign affairs ministers in September.

Ed Miliband has wrestled control of Labour's Brexit'reset' after being named Foreign Secretary

Mr Miliband met with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris on Wednesday

Sir Keir made his Brexit 'reset' a key plank of his premiership and, just prior to his downfall as PM, triumphantly announced that a UK-EU summit would be held in Brussels on 22 July.

But the summit was postponed when Sir Keir bowed to pressure from Labour MPs to resign following Mr Burnham's return to Westminster after winning the Makerfield by-election.

Labour is hoping to strike new co-operation agreements on food, energy and youth mobility as part of the 'reset' deal.

But the plans have been criticised by Brexiteers for 'unpicking' the freedoms that the UK was afforded following the EU referendum vote a decade ago.

There are concerns about Britain having to again follow EU rules in some areas under so-called 'dynamic alignment' with the bloc's regulations.

And there are also worries about the size of a financial contribution the UK will have to make to Brussels for closer ties.

Negotiations over a youth mobility agreement have been beset by wranglings over EU demands for European students to pay lower tuition fees in England.

Mr Miliband's talks in Paris and Madrid were set to see him discuss potential new opportunities for British businesses to trade with the EU.

The Foreign Secretary was also due to offer the UK's solidarity following devastating wildfires, with roughly 330,000 people having to be evacuated from France and Spain.

He met his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris to discuss defending European security and providing ongoing support to Ukraine.

The meeting was also expected to cover securing peace in the Middle East and co-operation on migration.

Mr Miliband was then due to head to Madrid to speak to Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares, where they were set to discuss the UK-EU Gibraltar treaty and collaboration on security.

Climate change - a subject that Mr Miliband is passionate about after pushing his Net Zero agenda in his previous role as energy secretary - was expected to be raised at both meetings.