The European Union has demanded Labour accept an uncapped youth mobility scheme as Sir Keir Starmer looks for a reset in relations with Brussels.
Officials in Brussels want no maximum annual number of young Europeans who can come and live and work in Britain as part of the scheme
The Times report the announcement has divided Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet as his party trails behind Nigel Farage and Reform UK in the polls.
While the Home Office has concerns about the proposal’s impact on net migration, the Treasury wants to agree an “ambitious” scheme with Brussels.
Brussels wants European students to be exempted from having to pay international university fees, which can be double those for domestic students, as part of an “equal treatment” with their British counterparts.
The European Union is also calling on the Prime Minister to waive the NHS surcharge fee covering the potential cost of medical treatments.
This is £776 per year on other youth mobility schemes, reports The Times.
Europe Minister and MP for Torfaen Nick Thomas-Symonds is likely to discuss it when he meets his European counterpart Maros Sefcovic in Brussels on Wednesday.
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