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\n\t\t\t\t\tA Cabinet consensus is building around supporting a youth mobility scheme that contains a cap on the number of people allowed\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n


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A post-Brexit migration deal for under-30s<\/a> is inching closer to being signed off by Cabinet \u2013 as ministers coalesce around an agreement that includes a cap on numbers.<\/p>\n

A so-called \u201cyouth mobility\u201d deal to allow people to live and work abroad<\/a> for a limited period has been a key demand from the European Union<\/a> under the Brexit reset talks with the Labour government.<\/p>\n

Ministers had initially maintained there were \u201cno plans\u201d for a bloc-wide agreement of this kind but support is mounting among Cabinet for a deal so long as numbers are capped, The i Paper understands.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Rachel Reeves became the latest minister to give her public backing to such a scheme over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Reeves said she wanted to see young people have the freedom to travel and live between the UK and EU and indicated some form of agreement could be unveiled at next month\u2019s Brexit reset summit.<\/p>\n

She told The Times: \u201cWe\u2019re going to bring down net migration and we aren\u2019t going to return to freedom of movement. But we are hosting the summit next month. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe do want to see better trading relationships between our countries and we do want to enable young people from Europe and the UK to be able to work and travel overseas. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019ve got to get the balance right, because I do not want to see net migration increasing. I want to see net migration falling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her remarks came after the German ambassador to the UK said last week he was \u201creally optimistic\u201d about the prospects of a deal, following talks between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen. <\/p>\n

And The i Paper revealed that the EU was now open to the idea of limiting the number of people who could access the scheme through a cap of some sort.<\/a><\/p>\n

Diplomatic sources said EU member states were open to considering a cap on numbers in order to get a deal over the line. <\/p>\n

Brussels had initially proposed a scheme for UK and EU citizens aged between 18 and 30 to stay for up to four years in their chosen country and a compromise agreement is now being sought.<\/p>\n

A No10 source would not be drawn on the details of any deal and pointed to the Chancellor\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

Ministers have been cautious about committing to a policy that could appear too loose regarding migration numbers.<\/p>\n

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is believed to be concerned about how such a deal could impact het promise to reduce migration. <\/p>\n

And Reeves\u2019 comments indicate any agreement would only be signed off by Cabinet if there was a mechanism to control the number of people coming to the UK. <\/p>\n

Sources close to Cooper said last week that she had not proposed a specific policy, such as a cap, but did not deny that she was open to agreeing to a scheme if it had restricted numbers.<\/p>\n

More than 60 Labour backbenchers recently called for \u201ca new and bespoke youth visa scheme\u201d to allow for easier travel for younger citizens.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister in charge of negotiations with the EU, MPs and peers called for \u201ca new and bespoke youth visa scheme\u201d for UK and European citizens under 30.<\/p>\n

The UK already has similar deals allowing citizens from other countries, usually those under the age of 30, to live and work abroad for a limited period of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Cabinet consensus is building around supporting a youth mobility scheme that contains a cap on the number…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[802,2000,299,5187,3027],"class_list":{"0":"post-55225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-european","12":"tag-politics-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114410961228720660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}