Starmer urged to ensure rejoining Erasmus is 'first step to closer relationship' with EU - UK politics live

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The move has been welcomed by pro-EU parties.
62% : The government is due to confirm that the UK is joining the EU's Erasmus programme. 10am: Unison is due to announce the results of its leadership election.
58% : Starting with negotiating a bespoke UK-EU customs union, and committing to a youth mobility scheme for benefit of the next generation.
57% : As the Pippa Crerer revealed for the Guardian yesterday, the government will today announce that the UK is rejoining the EU's Erasmus student exchange programme.
49% : Scottish students shouldn't be used as pawns in Westminster's Brexit blunders.
46% : The SNP has also been calling for the UK to rejoin Erasmus, and it issued this statement from Joe Fitzpatrick MSP. Scotland did not vote for Brexit.
38% : The SNP has campaigned tirelessly for Scotland's access to Erasmus, while Labour and the Tories ignored the voices of the young people most affected by Brexit.
35% : This is a moment of real opportunity and a clear step towards repairing the disastrous Conservative Brexit deal.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.