The travel industry’s hopes of once again being able to deploy seasonal workers in the European Union appear to have taken another step forward after the UK government intimated it was no longer ruling out an agreement with the bloc on youth mobility.
The agreement would give a boost to UK travel companies (Credit: iStock)
The EU has made a youth mobility scheme one of its key stipulations in post-Brexit negotiations with the UK. Prime minister Keir Starmer met with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen last week ahead of a full summit set to be held in London on 19 May.
"Discussing the ongoing negotiations to strengthen the UK-EU partnership, they both agreed that good progress had been made,” a Downing Street spokesperson told the BBC.
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