British soldiers could be deployed on European Union military missions as part of joining the bloc's rearmament programme, costing £127billion.

The deployments have been released in a leaked draft of the new defence and security partnership, which was marked "classified and sensitive", the Telegraph reports.

The draft says Sir Keir Starmer will have to consider sending British troops on "civilian missions and military operations and missions, upon the invitation of the EU".

It will be negotiated at the UK-EU summit on May 19 in London.

Joining the deal will be "the first prerequisite for a third country to be able to participate in" the EU's Security Action For Europe (SAFE) fund.

The SAFE scheme aims to raise at least £127billion through the EU's budget to buy weapons from manufacturers in the scheme.

The Government is keen to join the fund so British armed firms can achieve new contracts.

Since Donald Trump's warning over lack of defence spending, the EU have been trying to ramp up arms spending.

Speaking exclusively to GB News, Richard Tice gave his thoughts on the trade deal agreed between the US and UK.

Tice said: "This is a glorious Brexit benefit because if we had still been in the EU, we would not have been able to have any of these negotiations."

The MP for Boston and Skegness explained that it is a "work in progress" and there are "a lot of details to work out", but believes "there are some interesting aspects" to the deal.