I have been campaigning for a UK-EU Youth Mobility scheme for 5 years along with some superb partners in @bestforbritain.org and ABTA. So I was very proud to be at the #labconf25 to hear the chancellor speak so positively about the government’s intention to implement this scheme.

🔴 BREAKING: Chancellor believes allowing young people to live and work across Britain and the EU would boost the economy and reduce the need for tax rises in the budget. https://www.bestforbritain.org/uk_outlines_ambitious_yms

... and if EU mobility is a good idea for our young people, then surely it is a good idea for all of us?

76% of Brits support EU youth mobility scheme. 👏👏👏 Time to remove the Brexit blockade on our youth.

💥 Nick Thomas-Symonds: "Nigel Farage will take a sledge hammer to any progress we make. And that is purposeful. Because, apart from his pension package, he cannot bring himself to have any relationship with the EU. Nigel Farage wants Britain to fail. His model of politics depends on it." 💥

Sausages and cheese could get cheaper with EU food and drink deal, government says www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

This should help UK Govt be more courageous in the coming EU 'reset' negotiations...the EU will want ambition on youth mobility, which is a harder sell than the 'veterinary' deal Nick Thomas-Symonds is pushing on today. Of course all of this still relatively cosmetic for total trade purposes.

Seasonal Businesses in Travel (SBiT) and ABTA have revealed new research showing strong public support for securing a youth experience deal with the EU, as it urges the government to press ahead with negotiations with the EU following May’s UK-EU Summit. 1/n

Incredible that this is all the same article. How utterly pathetic

This is the last thing the BBC needs

*cough*

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Brilliant job there Labour - your voters think you're anti immigration (while they're pro) and reform and Tories think you're pro immigration (while they're anti)

👇from a man who knows…why Youth mobility is important both to the young, but also UK outbound travel industry.

Yesterday I was interviewed by the BBC about the UK-EU Youth Experience scheme announcement and the positive difference it could make to thousands of young Brits in the travel industry

Heck, a year ago I was quite often told there would be no UK EU reset while Labour's red lines stayed in place. There was going to be no summit. The EU would do nothing. And so on.

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I was interviewed on the ski podcast this week discussing the potential for a youth mobility scheme, and its implications for the travel industry. My section is at 29:15 open.spotify.com/episode/2Lil...

I am proud to have signed this letter on behalf of Seasonal businesses in travel (100 travel companies). The travel industry needs and supports a UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme travelweekly.co.uk/news/travel-...

Rachel Reeves: “I want our young to be able to work in Europe.” Good - this is a common sense growth lever for the Chancellor. We already have youth mobility schemes with a dozen non-EU countries. And two thirds of Brits would support such a scheme. www.thetimes.com/article/f347...

Proud to work with more than 70 Labour MPs and Lords on this letter. Now is a moment of opportunity for all want to see a closer UK/EU relationship and that includes millions of people who put their faith in our party last year. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Keir Starmer is under pressure from more than 60 Labour MPs to allow thousands of young Europeans to live and work in the UK, key to unlocking a more ambitious trade reset with Brussels. Sources tell me and @lisaocarroll.bsky.social deal is close and the EU may agree to a cap on youth visa numbers

Bravo these 60 Labour MPs! The letter suggests further Brexit trade barriers could be removed through a Canada-style deal involving a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) on conformity assessment, allowing standards of goods to be tested in the UK before export. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

This podcast keeps on delivering, another incredible episode. Hats off to the team behind it @pimlicat.bsky.social @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social and the dulcet tones, incredible insight and passion brought to the subject by @sturdyalex.bsky.social Please listen to all episodes, a true joy. Thanks

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💥💥💥 WE HAVE CAMPAIGNED ON THIS FOR YEARS 💥💥💥. We drafted policy, proved its popularity, socialised the idea widely & made several podcast episodes on it. Exciting!

Ahead of the debate on my Youth Mobility Bill in the Commons today, The Times are making the case that young people deserve the opportunities which were denied to them by the botched Tory Brexit deal. Read more👇 https://buff.ly/3WlNjTj?

🔥 🔥 Fantastic - the ball is really rolling now on pressure for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. If you haven't yet written to your MP to attend the debate on it this afternoon... please send that email now via this easy link --> action.stayeuropean.org/campaigns/yo...

Hello, just introducing myself to this wonderful platform. I am MD of SBiT (Seasonal Businesses in Travel) and MD of European Pubs. For many years I have been arguing the case for a UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme and written reports on the impact of Brexit on UK travel industry bit.ly/3Ms7KZm