What will Keir Starmer’s closer relationship with the EU look like?

Is youth mobility on the cards for Labour’s post-Brexit plan with Europe? Why is it so hard to record incidents of spiking? How will Labour’s immigration plan affect international students and higher education? 

Giles Whittell is joined by Rebecca Myers, Katie Riley and Cat Neilan, as they battle to pitch the top story of the day.

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Host: Giles Whittell, deputy editor-in-chief at The Observer

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