Brussels Threatens to Sue Britain to let in ‘benefit tourists’
6th October 2011
The European Commission has threatened to take legal action against Britain if ministers do not water down rules limiting foreigners’ ability to claim benefits.
Ministers fear the move could leave taxpayers handing out as much as £2.5? billion to EU nationals, including out-of-work “benefit tourists”, a new cost that could wreck Coalition plans for welfare reform.
October 6th, 2011 at 17:28
It’s not as though the EU doesn’t want to encourage ‘benefit tourists.’ After all, if the ‘benefit tourists’ go to Britain, the EU-niks don’t have to figure out how to buy them off …