UK ready to let in 80,000 young Europeans a year
Ministers are offering the higher cap as a concession to secure broader trade talks, with an agreement expected before the November 20 summit.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham has raised the UK's youth mobility cap towards 80,000 annually, serving as an olive branch to unlock negotiations with the European Union ahead of a summit later this month.
- Previously, the UK set a 50,000 limit, though the EU pushed for 100,000. Both sides have long discussed allowing 18 to 30-year-olds to work and study abroad in exchange for removing border checks on food and drink exports.
- To secure access for domestic firms to the 'Made in Europe' program, Burnham is prepared to spend £450 million annually subsidizing EU students. The scheme prioritizes European companies for public contracts and subsidies.
- Backing the Prime Minister's push for deeper ties, Former Chancellor Rachel Reeves stated Brexit made Britain 'poorer, weaker and less secure,' while her successor in No11, John Healey, has reportedly adopted a more Eurosceptic position.
- Addressing his Cabinet, Burnham warned ministers it would be inappropriate 'to advocate for specific options or opine on the likely outcome of the process,' stating any 'fundamental change' to post-Brexit arrangements is 'for the public to decide.
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