Can Britain and the EU get a Brexit reset deal over the line?

Regardless of the warfare in Iran and its financial penalties preoccupying London and Brussels, a lot work is happening behind the scenes to strike a more in-depth relationship between the U.Okay. and the European Union.

Almost a decade after Britain voted to go away the bloc, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has tasked his ministers with negotiating a post-Brexit reset that brings areas of the British economic system in alignment with the EU in a bid to carry down costs and reduce rules on companies.

On this interview episode of EU Confidential, host Anne McElvoy talks to one in every of Starmer’s closest allies, Nick Thomas-Symonds. The U.Okay. Cupboard Workplace Minister has been notching up the Eurostar hours  backwards and forwards to Brussels in a bid to strike a deal by the summer time. Will he and his EU counterparts be capable to agree a youth mobility scheme and alignment in key sectors of the economic system or will their variations be too nice to beat?