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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Eleni Courea, Jennifer Rankin, Kiran Stacey and Lisa O'Carroll

EU pushes Keir Starmer to open door to youth mobility scheme as PM heads to Brussels

Younger people at Copenhagen
Senior European politicians have suggested allowing young people to do gap years in Britain or the European Union, and have made the scheme a top priority. Photograph: Kumar Sriskandan/Alamy

Keir Starmer is under pressure to signal that he is open to a European youth mobility scheme as he travels to Brussels for the first time as prime minister.

Starmer will hold his first bilateral meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, at lunchtime on Wednesday.

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