9 years, 4 months ago

The one paragraph that shows David Cameron's EU plans have gone off the rails

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy David Cameron's pledge to make EU migrants wait four years before they can claim in-work benefits has been significantly watered down since his cast iron guarantee at the election just seven months ago. In a letter to the European Council president Donald Tusk setting out his key demands for his renegotiation of Britain's membership of the EU Mr Cameron wrote that he "understood how difficult" the issue was for other member states and added that he was looking forward to "discussing these proposals further so we can find a solution". "We will insist that EU migrants who want to claim tax credits and child benefit must live here and contribute to our country for a minimum of four years. "I will insist that, in the future, those who want to claim tax credits and child benefit must live here and contribute to our country for a minimum of 4 years," he said in a key speech designed to combat the threat posed by Ukip at the election.

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5 years, 2 months ago

Brexit: Boris Johnson to impose new restrictions on EU immigration two years earlier than planned

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5 years, 3 months ago

Election: Tories under fire over £7 billion migrant welfare Brexit bill claim

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6 years, 3 months ago

New immigration rules to 'control' Britain's borders after Brexit finally unveiled

Daily Mail

There will be no cap on short term workers coming to the UK until at least 2025, new immigration proposals out today reveal. There will be no cap on short term workers coming to the UK until at least 2025, new immigration proposals unveiled by Sajid Javid reveal In a swipe at Theresa May Mr Javid refused to back the …

7 years, 6 months ago

Brexit: Tory government EU migration plans labelled ‘economically illiterate’ and ‘plainly cruel’ amid angry backlash

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7 years, 9 months ago

Theresa May reassures EU citizens in UK: 'We want you to stay' after Brexit

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But May was heckled by critics in the House of Commons, while opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said her plan was “too little, too late”. London: British prime minister Theresa May said on Monday that she wanted to end the anxiety of EU nationals fearful of their future after Brexit, promising to protect their rights and saying: “We want you …

7 years, 10 months ago

The manifesto pledge that the Tories never have – and never will – deliver on

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8 years, 1 month ago

Brexit backers could get 'rude awakening' on immigration, says Stephen Crabb

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8 years, 5 months ago

Number 10 insider reveals David Cameron considered asking Merkel for more curbs on migration before deciding it would be rejected for lacking credability

Daily Mail

Sir Craig Oliver’s inside story of the drama in Downing Street leading up to David Cameron’s defeat in the EU referendum was the talk of Westminster last week. And Oliver feared George Osborne’s emergency Brexit budget had gone down with MPs ‘like a cup of cold sick’. He says: ‘I’ll tell Tusk I wouldn’t get this deal through the Cabinet, …

8 years, 7 months ago

UK must prepare for immigration surge after Brexit, Home Affairs Committee warns

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8 years, 8 months ago

David Cameron says future UK government could send EU citizens home as retaliation

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8 years, 8 months ago

Stephen Crabb pledges 'no more open borders' but EU single market access if elected Tory leader

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8 years, 8 months ago

David Cameron's statement to Parliament on Brexit – full text

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8 years, 9 months ago

David Cameron told four years ago UK could not meet immigration target while in EU, Steve Hilton claims

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9 years, 1 month ago

David Cameron still insists immigration figures can be slashed

Daily Mail

Of the arrivals, some 257,000 were EU migrants according to new figures David Cameron yesterday insisted he could cut net migration to below 100,000 – despite new figures showing it remains close to record high levels. But Mr Cameron said his welfare brake and change to benefit rules would have an ‘impact’, adding: ‘I’m convinced if we do all of …

9 years, 1 month ago

MPs to debate controversial £35k migrant pay threshold for first time

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9 years, 1 month ago

Will David Cameron's EU renegotiation make any difference to you and everyday life in Britain?

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9 years, 1 month ago

David Cameron's deal delaying benefits could INCREASE number of migrants

Daily Mail

With the new regime not expected to come into force until mid-2017, large numbers are expected to flock here to take advantage Critics warn it could lead to number of incomers entering UK going up EU migrants could claim benefits within months of arriving in the UK even if the Government uses the so-called ‘emergency brake’. POLAND'S PRIME MINISTER BEATA …

9 years, 1 month ago

EU referendum: The Cabinet Ministers voting to leave – and stay in – the EU

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9 years, 1 month ago

Jeremy Corbyn: David Cameron's EU deal is a 'sideshow' and 'irrelevant to problems most Britons face'

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9 years, 1 month ago

EU renegotiation: What David Cameron wanted – and what he really got

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9 years, 1 month ago

David Cameron's EU deal: What's in it and what does it mean?

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9 years, 1 month ago

#Brexit fight: PM David Cameron faces off with 27 EU leaders in 'battle for Britain'

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Prime Minister David Cameron faced off Thursday against the 27 other European Union leaders, telling them to grant his country a new deal to settle the festering issue of their relationship or face a possible divorce as soon as this summer Brussels: Prime Minister David Cameron faced off Thursday against the 27 other European Union leaders, telling them to grant …

9 years, 1 month ago

European Parliament can change David Cameron's EU deal AFTER UK has its referendum

Daily Mail

Any agreement will be binding on EU leaders but not the EU's parliament Expected to trigger a June referendum but MEPs will not vote until after The PM will try and finalise his deal with EU leaders at a summit this week MEPs will vote on legislation for the deal but NOT before UK's referendum The European Parliament could modify …

9 years, 1 month ago

EU referendum: David Cameron warned he could face 'serious roadblock' over reforms

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9 years, 1 month ago

EU membership is stopping us cutting migrant benefits further, Tory DWP minister says

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9 years, 1 month ago

EU referendum: Migrants in UK say David Cameron's plan to curb benefits will not affect immigration

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9 years, 1 month ago

The EU deal offered to David Cameron is non-negotiable, Francois Hollande says

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9 years, 1 month ago

EU refuses to give David Cameron the four-year ban on EU migrant benefits he requested

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9 years, 1 month ago

Cameron hails plan for new terms of UK’s EU membership

CNN

Story highlights A proposal for renegotiated UK terms of EU membership has been released It grants key concessions sought by Britain's Prime Minister, including a freeze on migrant benefits The UK will hold a referendum on whether to leave the EU by the end of next year London CNN — British Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed a new plan …

9 years, 1 month ago

One in three Britons wants to ban migrants from ever receiving in-work or child benefits

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9 years, 2 months ago

Leaving the EU will not stop immigration to the UK, says leader of campaign to stay in the EU Stuart Rose

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9 years, 2 months ago

Minister admits David Cameron has no 'factual evidence' to prove 'benefit tourism' causes mass EU migration

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9 years, 3 months ago

EU referendum: David Cameron backs down on migrant benefit ban demands

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9 years, 4 months ago

David Cameron set to ditch key demand on EU migrants' access to welfare, Brussels officials claim

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9 years, 4 months ago

David Cameron's hopes of keeping Britain in the EU boosted as Angela Merkel says deal 'can be done'

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9 years, 4 months ago

Citizens of new EU member states should be barred from freedom of movement, says David Cameron

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9 years, 4 months ago

David Cameron 'open to different ways' of achieving core goal of barring EU migrants from claiming benefits

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9 years, 4 months ago

David Cameron's demands to reform EU are 'highly problematic,' says European Commission

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9 years, 4 months ago

Britain's Cameron appeals to EU reform doubters at home, abroad[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech on EU reform, at Chatham House in London, Britain November 10, 2015. Cameron said he hoped to make good progress with reforms of the European Union when leaders from the bloc meet next month, but he gave no fresh sign of when he plans to hold Britain's EU membership referendum. LONDON - …

9 years, 4 months ago

EU referendum: As the moment of truth approaches, the Prime Minister makes less and less sense

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9 years, 4 months ago

EU referendum: David Cameron to warn against accepting status quo as he issues wish list of demands

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9 years, 5 months ago

EU 'will block Prime Minister David Cameron's migrant benefits blitz'

Daily Mail

PM had made the benefits pledge central to his plan to David Cameron will fail to get his key EU demand to stop benefits for working migrants who have been in the country less than four years, British diplomats say. Last month, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, pictured, warned Mr Cameron's proposals on migrant benefits were the 'most sensitive' and 'most …

9 years, 5 months ago

Theresa May to vow to cut immigration 'for the national interest'

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9 years, 5 months ago

EU referendum: Fears grow that European Union will impose tough conditions on UK after 'Brexit'

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9 years, 8 months ago

Welfare bill: These are the 184 Labour MPs who didn’t vote against the Tories' cuts

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9 years, 9 months ago

Queen Elizabeth II outlines British prime minister David Cameron's EU referendum plan

ABC

Queen Elizabeth II set British prime minister David Cameron's plans for a European Union membership referendum in motion as he faced pressure to explain when it would be held and what changes to the EU he wants. Speaking to a packed House of Lords, the Queen outlined the referendum plans in a speech written for her by Mr Cameron's Conservative …

9 years, 10 months ago

Britain's David Cameron unveils immigration crackdown ahead of EU talks

ABC

British prime minister David Cameron has said restricting welfare payments to EU workers is an "absolute requirement" of his efforts to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the bloc as he unveiled a new crackdown on immigration. Mr Cameron also repeated a promise to restrict the right of European Union workers from claiming unemployment and in-work welfare benefits — a controversial …

10 years, 2 months ago

30,000 reasons why the rhetoric on immigrants claiming benefits can stop now

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10 years, 3 months ago

Britain to curb EU migrants benefit to reduce immigration

India TV News

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that immigrants from the EU need to work in Britain for four years so they could claim benefits in the country. In the speech in the West Midlands Friday, the prime minister said over the last 10 years, immigration to Britain has soared, while the number of Britons going to work …

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Germany’s likely new coalition agrees on harsh crackdown on migration amid far-right surge

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CDU and SPD, two key parties of the likely coalition, have settled on a broad package of measures aimed at curbing immigration. These include a rise in detention capacity for migrants awaiting deportation, two-year freeze on family reunifications, and expansion of list of ‘safe’ countries Germany is set to usher in its toughest migration policies in decades, as the two …

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We've been trapped in a spiral of decline for too long, I make no apology for keeping an iron grip on Britain's finances, writes RACHEL REEVES

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The world is changing in front of us and The Mail on Sunday readers can see it. The Chancellor is expected to announce deeper than expected cuts in her Spring Statement on Wednesday Rachel Reeve's £25 billion Budget raid on employers’ National Insurance last year hit business confidence and strangled growth, causing government borrowing costs to soar Stability must come …

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Why has the UK government announced swingeing welfare cuts?

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United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled a major shake-up of the country’s welfare system, arguing that it could save the country 5 billion pounds a year by 2030, but sparked a political row in the process. Colum Eastwood, an MP from Labour’s sister party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party, in Northern Ireland, referred to the case of …

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Starmer braces for 'absolute horror' Labour benefits meltdown: Manchester mayor warns cuts to spiralling bill will 'trap people in poverty' - despite PM already watering down plans being unveiled tomo

Daily Mail

Keir Starmer is bracing for an 'absolute horror' clash with Labour MPs on moves to cut the spiralling benefits bill. As tensions mount ahead of the plan being unveiled tomorrow, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has warned the PM that reducing eligibility could leave people 'trapped in poverty'. Keir Starmer is bracing for an 'absolute horror' clash with Labour MPs on …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Labour Vows Support for Most Vulnerable Amid Welfare Cuts Debate

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-- The UK government said it will seek to support the country’s most vulnerable even as plans to cut spending on welfare spur dissent within the ruling Labour Party. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said on Sunday that the government’s welfare reform is aimed at supporting people who can’t work while helping those who can find employment. “I haven’t seen the …

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Labour's benefits crackdown 'set to cut disability payments for 1million people' - as Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face backlash from own MPs

Daily Mail

One million people are set to lose their disability payments amid Labour's cost-cutting crackdown on benefits - causing uproar within the party. Sir Keir Starmer insists benefits cuts are urgently needed as the welfare bill is 'going through the roof', while Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Friday the government must 'get a grip' on the system. Pictured: File photo Sir …

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Defiant Keir Starmer defends billions in benefits cuts as backlash from his own MPs grows

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1 week, 6 days ago

Defiant Keir Starmer defends billions in benefits cuts as backlash from his own MPs grows

Daily Mail

Sir Keir Starmer has defended billions of pounds of looming benefits cuts despite a growing backlash from his own MPs. Sir Keir Starmer has defended billions of pounds of looming benefits cuts despite a growing backlash from his own MPs Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell who now sits as an independent MP after rebelling against the Labour whip 'There is …

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Starmer insists there is a 'moral case' for cutting disabled benefits as he faces mounting rebellion from Labour backbenchers over plan to save £5bn

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Starmer insists there is a 'moral case' for cutting disabled benefits as he faces mounting rebellion from Labour backbenchers over plan to save £5bn

Daily Mail

Sir Keir Starmer said there was a 'moral' and economic case for cutting benefits today as he tried to head off a major Labour rebellion. The Prime Minister denied Britain would be 'returning to austerity' under changes designed to save £5billion and get hundreds of thousands of people back into work. Sir Keir Starmer yesterday made a personal plea for …

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Benefit claims by people saying they are too ill to work rise 500,000 to 2.5million in a YEAR - but just 14% have medical evidence to prove it

Daily Mail

The number of people receiving Universal Credit who say they are too ill or disabled to work properly rose by 500,000 last year - but only a tiny fraction have the medical evidence to prove it. No10 has been 'shocked' by the scale of Labour opposition to the proposal to cut disability benefits to save £5bn and get hundreds of …

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No10 'shocked' by scale of Labour fury at plans for £5bn benefits cut and 'adding safeguards for disabled' as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid civil war while balancing books

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1 week, 6 days ago

No10 'shocked' by scale of Labour fury at plans for £5bn benefits cut and 'adding safeguards for disabled' as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid civil war while balancing books

Daily Mail

Spooked ministers are looking at adding safeguards for the most disabled to a plan to cut the amount paid to those too ill to work. No10 has been 'shocked' by the scale of Labour opposition to the proposal to cut disability benefits to save £5bn and get hundreds of thousands of people who can work into jobs. Sir Keir Starmer …

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Frantic bid to quell Labour revolt on £5bn benefits cuts: Unions join backlash as MPs are called in for talks at No10 after announcement delayed

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2 weeks ago

Frantic bid to quell Labour revolt on £5bn benefits cuts: Unions join backlash as MPs are called in for talks at No10 after announcement delayed

Daily Mail

Keir Starmer is frantically trying to quell a revolt on benefits reforms today after the announcement was delayed. Labour MPs have been invited into Downing Street for 'round table' sessions explaining the changes - including tightening rules on sickness and disability benefits and favouring people who lose jobs over long-term claimants. Keir Starmer is frantically trying to quell a revolt …

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Tories warn Labour is scrapping immigration laws which would allow ministers to throw out any future asylum claim by gun-toting Channel boat migrant

Daily Mail

Labour is scrapping immigration laws which would allow ministers to throw out any future asylum claim by Abu Wadee, the Conservatives warned last night. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp urged Sir Keir Starmer's Government to use measures passed by the Tories when they were in power. Labour is scrapping immigration laws which would allow ministers to throw out any future …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Asylum seekers should be forced to pay back the cost of housing them in hotels with 'student loan-style scheme', Tories say

Daily Mail

Asylum seekers would be forced to pay back the cost of housing them in hotels - plus interest - under a student loan-style scheme being called for by Kemi Badenoch. Under the proposed law change, support to asylum seekers would be given as a loan rather than a gift. It would hand powers to the Home Secretary to cap the …

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Benefits cuts 'delayed to next week' as Labour MPs revolt over 'rerun of austerity' - despite Keir Starmer warning the system is 'indefensible'

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Benefits cuts 'delayed to next week' as Labour MPs revolt over 'rerun of austerity' - despite Keir Starmer warning the system is 'indefensible'

Daily Mail

Labour's welfare overhaul has been delayed amid a Labour revolt despite Keir Starmer warning the system is 'indefensible'. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall had been widely expected to unveil plans as soon as today, with ministers struggling to slash £5billion from 'spiralling' benefits costs. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall had been widely expected to unveil plans as soon …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Ministers back "strictest ever" asylum plan despite criticism

Dutch News

The Dutch cabinet has agreed to press ahead with controversial legislation aimed at reducing the number of asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands, despite widespread criticism of the plans. The Council of State, which assesses all draft legislation, said earlier this year that asylum minister Marjolein Faber’s plans for the “strictest asylum regime ever” would trigger a wave of legal …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Reeves warned there is 'not a hope in hell' work coaches plan will slash £5bn from welfare and stave off fresh tax hikes as ministers panic over calls for cuts

Daily Mail

Rachel Reeves has been warned that tinkering at the edges of the welfare system will not be enough as she frantically hunts for cuts to balance the books. Ms Kendall announced limited plans this morning to deploy 1,000 existing Work Coaches to deliver 'intensive voluntary support' to around 65,000 sick and disabled people. Rachel Reeves has been warned that tinkering …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Labour’s ‘right to switch off’ faces axe this week

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Come on, Keir – even right-wingers support the EU youth mobility scheme

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Two-thirds of voters want young Britons to be able to live and work in Europe, poll shows

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Will Keir Starmer agree to an EU youth mobility scheme after all?

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Will Keir Starmer agree to an EU youth mobility scheme after all?

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British negotiators are “to table” a plan to allow tens of thousands of young EU workers and students to come to the UK to live and work for two years, while Britons aged 18-30 would be able to go to EU countries on the same terms. But most voices speaking for the EU have suggested that such a scheme would …

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Starmer ‘to offer EU youth mobility scheme’ in post-Brexit reset

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1 month, 1 week ago

Khan to tell EU heads of mission ‘Brexit was mistake’ and take swipe at Trump

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Londoners should be able to live and work in EU countries, Sadiq Khan says

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Unambitious Brexit reset is fuelling business disappointment in Labour, warns Alastair Campbell

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With its migrant crackdown, Labour is becoming a Tory tribute band

The Independent

There is a scene at the end of George Orwell’s Animal Farm in which the farmyard animals see the pigs conversing with the humans, and realise they can’t tell the difference between the two. Channelling Nigel Farage’s Reform Party by denying migrants’ citizenship is revolting to traditional Labour supporters. I really hope Labour rethink this: their anti-immigration policies will never …

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Starmer to unveil plan for new towns in England inspired by King Charles

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Voters tell Labour to clamp down on benefits: For the first time a majority of the public say it is too easy for people to get handouts

Daily Mail

Voters are becoming increasingly unhappy at how easy it is for people to claim benefits, with a majority saying that the rules should be tightened for the first time. Some 53 per cent of those polled by YouGov this month said the current system is not strict enough, up from just 41 per cent in 2019. Some 43 per cent …

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Labour faces a growing backlash from the left for preventing illegal immigrants gaining British citizenship

Daily Mail

Labour is facing a backlash from the left for preventing illegal immigrants gaining British citizenship. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: ‘Just days ago, Labour claimed changes to border rules were “unworkable”. ‘The Conservative party is under new leadership, which is why we are pressing ahead with our plans to safeguard the border - why we will bring in a …

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With this crackdown on citizenship, Labour is forsaking British values

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Watch: Starmer faces PMQs as Labour face outcry over decision to deny UK citizenship to small boat refugees

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wilders won't accept refugee law changes, despite criticism

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MPs from the far-right PVV have unanimously decided not to accept “any changes at all” to legislation aimed at reducing the number of refugees coming to the Netherlands, despite apparent major problems with the plans, party leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday afternoon. The issue has further strained relations between the four coalition parties and on Tuesday afternoon, Wilders stated …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Yvette Cooper doubles down on migration tactics despite accusations ministers were trying to promote division and mimic Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

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Press ahead with asylum rules and ignore RvS, says Wilders

Dutch News

The government should ignore the Council of State’s objections to legislation aimed at reducing the number of asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands and press ahead with the laws anyway, Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right PVV, said on Monday. The legislation, part of a package dubbed “the strictest asylum regime ever,” should be introduced as soon as possible and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK touts a clampdown on illegal working as it seeks to look tough on immigration

Associated Press

LONDON — The British government on Monday touted its success in raiding businesses that employ unauthorized workers and deporting thousands of migrants with no right to stay in the U.K., as it moved to strengthen law-enforcement powers against people-smuggling gangs. But for migrants’ groups, and some Labour Party members, the images uncomfortably recall a previous Conservative government’s pledge to make …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK touts a clampdown on illegal working as it seeks to look tough on immigration

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Report shows how Starmer’s Brexit reset can save economic plan but only with EU goodwill

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Does Labour think benefit claimants are ‘taking the mickey’?

The Independent

Liz Kendall, secretary of state for work and pensions, has said more about her plans for welfare reform. While stressing the vital support needed by those with disabilities and long-term illness trying to get jobs, Kendall remarked: “I have no doubt, as there always have been, there are people who shouldn’t be on those benefits who are taking the mickey, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

As Brexit’s impact deepens, Independent readers question the true cost of leaving the EU

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kemi has come up with her first policy… and it’s a stinker

The Independent

After she was elected, Kemi Badenoch told her shadow cabinet that she wouldn’t reveal any major policies for at least two years, so maybe this is a minor policy. It is a plan, and it is something that we can do very quickly, because Labour has a bill which they’re bringing in next week.” Well, it will “work” in the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

More than half of Brits say Labour's borders policy is NOT tough enough as Tories demand ban on benefits claimants getting citizenship

Daily Mail

More than half of Britons think Labour's borders policy is not tough enough, according to a new poll. A YouGov survey of more than 4,800 people found that 56 per cent thought the Government's immigration policy was not strict enough. A YouGov survey of more than 4,800 people found that 56 per cent thought the Government's immigration policy was not …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tories pledge to expel low-paid and unemployed migrants from UK

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Immigrants should face tougher hurdles for citizenship, says Badenoch

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Immigrants should face tougher hurdles for citizenship, says Badenoch

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A UK passport should be a privilege not an automatic right.” As well as …

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Kemi Badenoch pledges to ban migrants who claim benefits from becoming UK citizens

Daily Mail

Migrants who claim benefits will be banned from ever settling in Britain under Tory plans to tackle immigration. Under Mrs Badenoch’s first major policy announcement as Tory leader, applicants will face stringent new conditions before the right to settle is granted, including demonstrating that they have never claimed benefits or used social housing. Kemi Badenoch will announce plans for tightening …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

UK to adopt ‘ruthlessly pragmatic’ approach in EU reset talks

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Starmer wants ‘ambitious’ Brexit reset deal to be agreed in three months

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

The breakthrough moment for Brexit has arrived

The Independent

Sometimes we need our friends to tell us when we’ve made a mistake. It’s almost as if three years of the UK flailing about trying to find a version of Brexit that wouldn’t plunge millions into poverty has not been a great advert for “Frexit”. And a few days ago, when interviewed about the fifth anniversary of Brexit, Farage said, …

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Macron to tell Starmer his EU reset is evidence Brexit has failed

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Labour's new betrayal: Struggling businesses will 'pay the price' of Keir Starmer's Brexit reset, experts warn - amid plans to lock UK into EU's net zero policy

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Suffering businesses are facing higher costs as Keir Starmer seeks to link Britain to the EU’s green scheme. He will ‘set out his pitch’ for an ‘ambitious’ new defence and security agreement, Downing Street said last night, as part of his vow of ‘making Brexit work better for the British people’. Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with European Commission …

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Post-Brexit youth mobility scheme should be UK priority Starmer told ahead of EU meeting

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Brexit is ‘settled’, Sir Keir Starmer says amid calls for customs deal with EU

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