UK ready to let in 80,000 young Europeans a year
- Ministers have reportedly raised the youth mobility cap to 80,000 annually, serving as an olive branch to unlock trade talks with the European Union ahead of a summit later this month.
- Britain and the European Union have long discussed a scheme allowing 18 to 30-year-olds to work and study abroad, aiming to remove border checks on food and drink exports.
- Expanding from a previous limit of 50,000, officials are reportedly offering to underwrite tuition fees for European students to gain access to the "Made in Europe" programme for British firms.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces internal Cabinet divisions, with Former Chancellor Rachel Reeves backing deeper European ties while successor John Healey in No11 struck a more Eurosceptic position.
- Burnham warned ministers last week against advocating for specific outcomes, stating any "fundamental change" to post-Brexit arrangements would be "for the public to decide" and left to the next parliament.
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Labour Prime Minister would like to bring them back to the levels before leaving the EU: from £27,000 a year to £9,700. This is what he asks for in return in Brussels, in view of the 20 November summit.
Britain's ruling Labour Party prepares to open its doors to 80,000 young Europeans between the ages of 18 and 30 each year as part of steps to smooth relations with the EU has led to a political crisis in the country.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Su-jin = A British daily... reports that the UK is expected to soon propose a plan to lower tuition fees for international students from the European Union (EU) at British universities.
British ministers are prepared to spend up to £450 million a year to provide students in the European Union with reduced university fees, but only if Brussels allows...
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