Fears ‘weak’ Starmer will allow EU migrants to bring FAMILIES into UK on youth visas after Brexit betrayal

BRUSSELS will push Sir Keir Starmer into accepting fresh demands on the proposed youth mobility scheme, critics fear.

Under-35s from EU countries will be eligible to work, study and live in the UK but Eurocrats want them to be allowed to bring dependants too.

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Concerns are being raised that the PM could cave in on the issue after he also gave into a demand for a 12-year lock on fishing rights.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel said: “The stench of weakness from Keir Starmer has been seized upon by Brussels and it’s no surprise they have come back for more concessions.”

Ex-Cabinet Minister said the deal would be bad for the job prospects of young Brits in this country.

Former Cabinet Minister Esther McVey added that the deal would be bad for the job prospects of young Brits.

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She said: “Starmer’s surrender deal will be bad for young Brits Under Labour UK youth unemployment is up to 14.2% & job vacancies are down - across Europe, Spain, France, Portugal etc it’s worse

“His youth mobility scheme will push Europe’s young unemployed here.”

Downing Street hit back at calls for relatives to come here — saying it would be a red line as part of any talks, outlining they would not be allowed access to benefits.

A spokesman said any scheme would have to mirror similar ones already set up with 30 countries, including Australia, but are capped and time-limited.

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Labour MP Jo White said any youth mobility programme must benefit all Brits rather than just “middle-class kids on their gap year”.

Meanwhile, 29 per cent of Brits see the new pact with the EU signed on Monday by the PM as being good for the country while 26 per cent see it as bad.

Half of Labour voters have a positive view of the deal, which falls to 14 per cent for Tory supporters and only five per cent of Reform UK voters.

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