David Cameron’s ‘immigration speech’ is expected to take place very soon.As we have noted several times, one of the options that he potentially could go for is an “emergency brake” – the ability to impose temporary restrictions on the number of EU migr…
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david cameron, EU free movement, free movement, immigration speech |
November 24, 2014
BBC reports is is #BrexitFormer Cabinet Minister Owen Paterson has just made a hard hitting speech on the UK’s relationship with the EU. He made a familiar case that the EU is as much a political union as an economic one. He concluded that the UK sho…
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EU renegotiation, free movement, free movement directive, in-work benefits, Owen Paterson, renegotiation, tax credits, tory leadership, Tory MPs |
October 27, 2014
In Britain, “Europe” as a political issue has pretty much gone mad over the last few weeks. There has been a lot of rhetoric, but where are we in terms of substance?Free movement: When asked about reports in UK media that David Cameron is consideri…
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Cameron, EU budget, EU reform, European arrest warrant, free movement |
October 20, 2014
Would the UK have zero influence outside the EU? Outgoing European Commission President José Manuel Barroso is in London, and he has made a few interesting remarks about the Tories, Brexit, EU free movement and Grant Shapps. Wading into the most …
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access to benefits, barroso, britain in europe, Cameron, EU reform, free movement, influence |
October 16, 2014
Following reports that David Cameron is considering a new announcement on how he would renegotiate EU free movement, potentially considering an “emergency brake”, we have set out in a short briefing what his potential options are.Here are the key point…
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britain in europe, david cameron, EU free movement, EU migrants, EU migration, free movement, immigration |
August 28, 2014
The ONS has this morning released its latest long-term UK migration statistics and they are likely to increase the intensity of the spotlight on EU migration – if that was possible. The headline statistics are:560,000 people immigrated to the UK in the…
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EU free movement, EU migrants, EU migration, free movement, migration |
Swiss President Didier Burkhalter (see picture) has today announced that Swiss voters will be asked to vote on the future of their bilateral relationship with the EU “by the end of 2016 or the beginning of 2017.”There have been long-running negotiation…
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David Cameron today announced another ‘crackdown’ on EU migrants, stating that from November, EU jobseekers “will only be able to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance and other key welfare benefits for a maximum period of 3 months.” This will halve&nb…
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access to benefits, benefits, britain in europe, Cameron, EU free movement, EU migration, European Commission, free movement |
Today, the UK Government has published the third batch of its reports reviewing the ‘Balance of Competences’ between the UK and the EU. We have noted before that many of the previous reports, whilst interesting on much of the detail, have for vario…
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access to benefits, balance of competences, benefits, britain in europe, EU free movement, EU migrants, EU migration, free movement |
May 14, 2014
Official data from Office of National Statistics published this morning shows that the number of workers from Bulgaria and Romania have dropped from 144,000 to 140,000 since transitional controls were lifted for workers from the two countries on 1 Janu…
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Bulgaria, employm, EU free movement, EU migrants, EU migration, free movement, immigration, migration, Romania |
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