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Maryam Kara and Sian Baldwin

What is Erasmus? PM Keir Starmer shuts the door on reentering European student scheme

The new Labour government has confirmed it has “no plans” to rejoin a student scheme backed by the European Union. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said there was nothing in the pipeline in plans to take Britain back into the EU’s Erasmus+ scheme.

Britain left the student exchange program as part of Brexit, a decision which prompted anger from academics, youth groups and campaigners.

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