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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Hughes

EU proposes ‘emergency brake’ to control numbers on youth exchange scheme with Britain

The European Union is resisting Britain’s demands for a cap on the number of people able to live and work in the UK under a new youth exchange scheme.

Brussels has proposed an alternative mechanism to control numbers involved in the planned scheme, which would allow Britons and citizens of EU states to live, work and study in each other’s territory.

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