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Labour has rejected a free movement deal for young people with Spain after the country’s prime minister floated the idea with Sir Keir Starmer.
The government repeated the prime minister’s promise not to take Britain back into the single market, customs union or restore freedom of movement.
“And we are not considering a youth mobility scheme,” a government spokeswoman said.
It came after reports that Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez made the case for a UK-Spain agreement allowing Spanish young people to live in the UK.
During private talks with Sir Keir at the European Political Community (EPC) summit at Blenheim Palace in July, …