The phrase 'no plans' – that is, minister 'X' says the government has no plans to do policy 'Y' – is the flammable/inflammable of British political messaging. In that, for all intents and purposes, it conveys the same meaning as 'yes, we will absolutely do that that thing at some point'.
For a while now, Labour has insisted it has "no plans" to agree a youth mobility scheme that would give young EU citizens the right to live and work in Britain, and vice-versa. Instead, the party was merely seeking to "improve the UK's working relationship with the EU, within our red lines".
