Sir Keir Starmer told journalists in Berlin, where he is seeking to thaw relations with Germany and the EU following Brexit: “We do not have plans for a youth mobility scheme but do have plans for closer relationship between us and the EU.”
However, he appeared to leave the door open for talks: “Obviously we’ve been really clear — no single market, no customs union, no free movement, no going back into the EU. So the discussion about a close relationship within the EU or with the EU is in that context and within those frameworks.”