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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

UK-EU youth mobility scheme could let tens of thousands live and work abroad

Commuters including a young women (blurred, in foreground) walk past a station hoarding with signs for tickets and trains
Rail commuters in Paris. UK officials are pushing for a two-year time limit on the scheme and a cap in the ‘tens of thousands’. Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA

Tens of thousands of young British and European citizens would be given the right to live and work in each other’s countries under plans for a scheme that ministers are aiming to finalise within the next year.

Ministers want to secure a youth mobility scheme with the EU by the end of 2026, as part of a broader reset of Britain’s relationship with Europe six years after leaving the bloc.

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