An extra 4,500 Japanese people can come to the UK on Youth Mobility Scheme visas each year, following a new agreement between Japan and the UK.

The new agreement increases youth mobility to 6,000 in each direction. 

Following intense lobbying from English UK and others in the education and travel industries, we are very pleased to see that work is well under way to allow French school groups to enter the UK on ID Cards. 

Transport for London (TfL) has cancelled its plan to discontinue paper Day Travelcards. This good news comes after a campaign from organisations including English UK and Young Learners UK.

The tourism minister John Whittingdale shared some positive updates at the Tourism Policy conference on Tuesday 19 September. 

The Minister and civil servants gave updates about youth group travel and the expanded youth mobility scheme. They talked about reducing industry staff shortages by expanding the Youth Mobility scheme with new national partnerships.

We're sorry to say goodbye to board member Catrin Diamantino, who has stepped down after five years as an English UK trustee.