70 Labour MPs and peers demand 'youth free movement' deal with EU

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : A time-limited, capped youth visa scheme should be agreed with the EU, the MPs and peers said.
60% : A time-limited, capped youth visa scheme should be agreed with the EU, the MPs and peers said.
55% : A group of 70 Labour MPs and peers have demanded the Government agree a youth mobility scheme with the EU as part of Sir Keir Starmer's Brexit 'reset'.
53% : In their letter to Mr Thomas-Symonds, 62 Labours MPs said: 'We want to see a new and bespoke youth visa scheme for UK and EU citizens aged under 30. 'As with all of the UK's existing schemes, we believe this should be time-limited and subject to a cap on numbers.' The group of MPs and peers, led by Welwyn Hatfield MP Andrew Lewin, also set out further demands for the Government to deepen cooperation with the EU.
53% : We will bring down net migration, and the talks are ongoing with the EU around reducing trade barriers.' Sir Keir is set to meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in London today.
49% : But sources told The Guardian the EU might now be open to putting a quota and time limit on youth visas.
49% : The PM is seeking to deepen Britain's post-Brexit relationship with the EU on defence and security.
47% : Yet he has been hit by EU demands for the UK to back down on post-Brexit fishing rights, as well as to agree a youth mobility scheme, in exchange.
36% : 'As certainties about globalisation, trade and tariffs break down at a remarkable speed, we are reminded how our stability, prosperity and security depend on having deep and resilient partnerships with like-minded nations, based on free and frictionless trade, shared values and political trust,' the letter added.

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