To ‘stop the boats’, you need safe & legal routes to deal with asylum claims -Tories admit brexit made that harder. This Government negotiating a returns agreement that will make it possible to reunite families which can only be good thing in tackling at source these challenges.

Listen to Minister for Energy Consumers Miatta Fahnbulleh answering Mike Reader MP on why closer alignment with Europe on energy will: ✂️ cut red tape at the border 💷 protect consumers from higher costs 🤝 boost trade and growth

"The momentum from the latest EU-UK summit must not be wasted" Find out more about the European Economic and Social Committee opinion calling for an "ambitious" review of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement next year: eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/op…

"MPs now experience a ‘benefit’ of Brexit whereby such scrutiny is being done only by unelected peers". Labour Labour Movement for Europe chair stellacreasy on the scrutiny problems around the UK's relationship with the EU ukandeu.ac.uk/how-parliament…

“Buried in red tape” Catch up on Trade Policy Minister Douglas Alexander answering Ben Coleman on what the Tory Brexit deal did to businesses across the country, and the government’s negotiations to ease trade with the EU 👀

PM Keir Starmer on what could be next for 🇬🇧-🇪🇺relations: 💊 “I’d like to do more on medicines” 🎭 “Creative people… are still finding it too difficult” to cross borders 🚀 “By resetting the mood in Europe, we now have a chance to go further”

PM Keir Starmer on strengthening 🇬🇧-🇪🇺 relations on defence: “NATO has been the cornerstone of our peace for decades. If it is to continue to be - and it’s our duty to make sure that it is - it requires some more heavy lifting from the Europeans.”

As more flesh forms on the bones of the EU reset, so Parliament’s duty to scrutinise what it means for constituents grows. And in the ultimate of ironies, the only place which hasn’t taken back control following Brexit is the House of Commons itself. ukandeu.ac.uk/how-parliament…

"And in the ultimate of ironies, the only place which hasn’t taken back control following Brexit is the House of Commons." stellacreasy on the lack of parliamentary scrutiny of the govt.'s European policy and the cross party consensus for more of a say ukandeu.ac.uk/how-parliament…

Read stellacreasy’s piece for UK in a Changing Europe on why the House of Commons needs a new mechanism for European scrutiny ukandeu.ac.uk/how-parliament…

An EU youth mobility scheme would give our young people greater opportunities, boost our economy and raise living standards. New research shows the public overwhelmingly back it ⬇️ travelweekly.co.uk/news/abta-stud…

"Money saved at the borders, profits freed up to invest, pounds kept in the pocket of working people." Nick Thomas-Symonds commits to implementing the EU food and drink deal by 2027, slashing red tape on trade.

"Nigel Farage wants Britain to fail. His model of politics depends on it. When British businesses fail, when family businesses go up, he offers the easy answers, dividing communities and stoking anger. We reject that emphatically." -- Nick Thomas-Symonds

This week, Russian drones in Polish airspace were met with a response from Polish, Dutch, Italian and German air defences. Europe ensures Poland does not stand alone. Armed Forces Minister Al Carns responds to stellacreasy on boosting our support to Poland and Ukraine.