Yvette Cooper avoids criticising Macron’s attack on Brexit as she defends migrant deal – UK politics live | Politics
By: Andrew Sparrow | Published: 2025-07-11 09:03:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Britain expects EU to approve migration deal with France, says Cooper
Yesterday Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron published a leaders’ declaration that implied the returns agreement would need EU sign-off. They were not very clear about this, but the Times led its main story on this on the suggestion that the EU might block the deal.
As Kiran Stacey reports, in her interviews this morning Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, said that European commissioners had been “very supportive” of the plan and that she did not expect them to block it.
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Cooper says people with links to UK will be prioritised when migrants are picked for admission from France
The government will prioritise people with a connection with…
