Draft European Union negotiating papers seen by British media say the United Kingdom would have to resume financial contributions to the bloc as a condition for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s proposed “Brexit reset” agreement. Britain has not paid into the EU budget since leaving the union in 2020. The documents outline payments earmarked for EU-linked bodies that supervise food-safety standards and carbon-emissions regulations—areas in which the UK would seek regulatory alignment under the reset. They make no provision for restoring free movement of people, according to the reports. UK and EU officials have not publicly confirmed the figures involved or a timetable for the payments. The leak is likely to add domestic political pressure on Starmer, who is trying to deepen economic and security ties with Europe without reopening the question of full EU membership.