Labour MPs urged to vote for youth mobility scheme as part of Brexit reset

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Keir Starmer faces coming under pressure to back a post-Brexit youth mobility scheme to allow the under-30s to live and work in the EU on Wednesday. The proposed scheme has become a major sticking point in Sir Keir’s ‘reset’ between the UK and EU The Party’s last Bill introduced in the 10 Minute Rule Bill format, tabled by cabinet office spokesperson Sarah Olney on proportional representation, was voted through by cross-party support. Labour must walk the walk and back this Bill.” The scheme, which has become a major sticking point in Sir Keir’s ‘reset’ between the UK and EU, would likely mirror similar arrangements Britain already has with countries including Australia and Japan and allow 18 to 35-year-olds to move and work freely between countries for up to two years. The European Commission has made a youth mobility scheme a key demand amid the prime minister’s post-Brexit reset with Brussels, after years of tense relations under successive Conservative administrations.