内容摘要：Andrew RT Davies wrote "children should not be forced to eat

Andrew RT Davies wrote "children should not be forced to eat

The UK previously said it has "no plans" for such a scheme, but its opposition to the idea has softened in recent weeks.Earlier this month, European relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds

the UK would consider "sensible EU proposals in this space".The EU has been keen to stress that a youth deal would not replicate the bloc's rules on freedom of movement, under which EU citizens were automatically entitled to live and work in the UK without applying for a visa.But the Conservatives have suggested an agreement would "reintroduce free movement by the back door".

The party is seeking to force a symbolic vote in the House of Commons on its demands, which also include calling on the government not to "surrender our fishing rights" or "create dynamic alignment between the UK and EU".Dynamic alignment means the UK would maintain similar regulations to the EU, reducing checks when food, animals or plants cross the border.

Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said: "Labour cannot be trusted with our Brexit freedoms.

"Keir Starmer and many of his cabinet spent years campaigning to reverse the referendum, and this so-called reset is the first stage in their mission to betray Brexit.", the meeting was told that although the government pledged to invest £25.5bn into the NHS in the autumn budget, no extra money was provided for hospice care.

At the same time, North Yorkshire and York hospices would need to find an extra £140,000 due to the increase in the national minimum wage and a further £650,000 for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions, councillors heard.Mr Collins said: "All of this is set within the context of unprecedented demand through increasing deaths, an ageing population and greater levels of dependency from the NHS on our capacity to support their own."

He added that non-salary costs were "already at baseline".Hospices provide a range of end-of-life and palliative services, including specialist inpatient beds, community-based end-of-life care, outpatient clinics, lymphoedema services and bereavement counselling and support.