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Cameron back from the brink on Europe and immigration
The idea of an emergency brake on EU immigration remained in David Cameron’s speech until a few days ago. But at the last moment, the prime minister pulled back.
The idea of an emergency brake on EU immigration remained in David Cameron’s speech until a few days ago. But at the last moment, the prime minister pulled back.
Jean-Claude Juncker blames Europe for Luxembourg’s industrial scale tax avoidance, after a bombshell revelation about the country’s treatment of company finances.
The Tories (and Labour, I hear) are looking at stopping access to non-contributory benefits (which is most benefits) even for EU citizens who are working their chaussettes off.
George Osborne and David Cameron boast that they have managed to slash the UK’s £1.7bn EU bill. But some people – even Conservatives – are saying this is a con.
No 10 is still giving itself several weeks before it comes up with its plan to reduce net migration and has not itself decided exactly what the prime minister will announce.
Angela Merkel is reported to have said she would rather Britain left the EU than see measures introduced which would undermine the principle of the free movement of labour.
The boys consulted the village witch about the journey to Germany and they thumbed the car magazines that contained the object of their ardent desire: a second-hand BMW.
To many young Bulgarians, moving to Germany for work has become a right of passage. But a better life isn’t always what awaits them. Watch the report in full on Channel 4 News at 7pm.
Tory MEP Daniel Hannan concedes that we have a responsibility to save Mediterranean refugees in trouble – but says it is a question of “exactly where you draw the line”.
David Cameron tells MPs the UK will not pay the extra £1.7bn demanded by the EU, promising to challenge it “in every way possible”.
Britain’s new £1.7bn EU bill has given the UK “1.7 billion very good reasons to seek a different kind of relationship”, says Tory Eurosceptic MEP Daniel Hannan.
Responding to the EU demand for an extra £1.7bn from the United Kingdom, Prime Minister David Cameron retorts that if people think he is going to pay up, “they’ve got another thing coming”.
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg visits Oktoberfest “to see whether drinking beer fuels Euroscepticism”. A German in national dress says he looks weird in his tweed jacket. Will there be a meeting of minds?
Should Britain stay in the EU? Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg heads down to Munich to canvas opinion from revellers at the Oktoberfest.
David Cameron has hit back over warnings about his plans to curb migration to the UK, saying: “the British people are my only boss.” But what concerns do British people have about EU migration?