The news that Sir Keir Starmer discussed a bilateral youth mobility scheme with the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez should come as little surprise. While the Government has played down the idea, it is understood that Sir Keir did not explicitly reject the Spanish proposal.
The UK already has youth mobility agreements with Australia, Canada and New Zealand, among others. Some might argue, therefore, that a similar agreement with an EU member state would be unobjectionable. But even if this particular plan never comes to fruition – Brussels is unlikely…
