The Independent – Revealed: Starmer’s ‘3 pillar’ blueprint to rebuild ties with EU
Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen have announced they will meet next week in Brussels and The Independent can reveal the government’s plan to reset the UK’s relationship after Brexit.
A tornado alert has been issued as Britain is battered by storms, floods and heavy rain says the paper.
Elsewhere, the front page leaves room to report on Chris Whitty’s appearance at the Covid inquiry.
Revealed: Starmer’s ‘three pillar’ blueprint to rebuild EU ties with youth mobility a negotiating chip
Sir Keir Starmer is still open to agreeing a deal with the EU on free movement for young people – but does not want to give away his negotiating hand too early as he prepares to head to Brussels next week.
The Independent understands that the Labour government has a “three pillar” blueprint to reset the relationship with the EU in painstaking talks.
The main talks will be headed by European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds, who is based in the Cabinet Office and has been handed some of the most complex and sensitive tasks in the Starmer government.
The youth mobility scheme (YMS) has become a symbolic issue for those who claim that Sir Keir is not being ambitious enough with his EU relationship reset.
UK weather live: Travel chaos as M5 shut and 123 flood alerts issued after heavy rain
Motorists and rail passengers are facing travel chaos this morning as overnight heavy rain and flooding leaves travellers stranded.
Drivers had to be rescued from their cars on the M5 overnight following flooding as parts of the route remain closed off this morning.
National Highways says the M5 is closed northbound between J16 and J14 and the southbound carriageway is closed between J14 and J15 as emergency services work to clear the flooding after Avon Fire and Rescue Service were called at around 1am to rescue three people stuck on the road.
Rail passengers in the West Midlands are also facing disruption as images showed train tracked in Wellington completely flooded.
Heavy rain continued to fall across some parts of the UK on Thursday night following a week of wet weather and flooding
As of 9:30am, the Environment Agency had 66 flood warnings in place across England, meaning flooding is expected, and 122 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.
The rain is expected to clear during Friday leaving conditions much colder on Saturday.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 27 September 2024.
Friday’s front pages have a real mix of international and domestic stories, from Boris Johnson’s memoir to the latest in the Middle East.
Several papers lead on Chancellor Rachel Reeves, suggesting she is to ‘tone down’ her non-dom crackdown plans after it was revealed there were fears the crackdown won’t bring in extra money to the Treasury. There are other stories about the chancellor and her upcoming Budget on the front pages – and online – as the papers speculate what she has planned for the British economy.