Posted on 11/28/2014 9:42:54 AM PST by Nextrush
David Cameron has passionately urged other EU leaders to support his "reasonable" proposals for far-reaching curbs on welfare benefits for migrants.
Britain's prime minister said lower EU migration would be a priority in future negotiations over the UK's membership and he would "rule nothing out" .......
The main proposals in the speech-which are dependent on Mr. Cameron remaining in power after May's general election-are:
. Stopping EU migrants from claiming in-work benefits, such as tax credits, and getting access to social housing for four years.
. Stopping migrants claiming child benefit for dependents living outside the UK
. Removing migrants from the UK after six months if they have not found work......
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said Mr. Cameron's welfare curbs were "a tougher version of an approach already set out by Labour and the Liberal Democrats" but a previously mooted idea of a cap had been dropped amid European opposition.....
Tory MP's reacted positively to his speech but several urged him to go further.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said Mr. Cameron's language indicated "he is willing to campaign to leave (the EU) and I believe that strengthens his negotiating position substantially".
But Bill Cash said the proposals did not go far enough, while another Conservative MP, Nigel Mills, said an outright cap on numbers was needed.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said Mr. Cameron has made a "no ifs, to buts" promise at the last general election to get migration down and he had "no credibility"....
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the prime minister should have apologized for missing his immigration target, and said he was "playing catch-up" with UKIP.....
..... "He cannot control immigration from the EU and has revealingly dropped his suggestions of a cap or an emergency brake on numbers coming in."....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Cameron will allow foreigners in to support the cheap labor market.
He just wants to delay welfare benefits for them or kick them out if they don't have a job working for the crony capitalists who want cheap labor.
He's asking the EU to "allow" these changes.
Nigel Farage of UKIP already has a straightforward answer.
Get out of the EU so the UK doesn't have to accept the foreign workers.
An even higher priority should be to end Muslim migration.
Nigel has Cameron running scared and putting on an act for the voters.
asking the EU for this pretty much proves UKIP’s point that the UK should be ruled by the UK and not from Brussels
exactly
“Nigel has Cameron running scared and putting on an act for the voters.”
how long has Cameron been in office, and why is he waiting to take action? typical politician: re-elect me and i will do as i promised when you elected me the first time. promise them anything and do whatever you want once elected. hopefully, some folks are waking up to this subterfuge.
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