BREAKING NEWS! telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11358711/Britain-wide-open-to-abuse-by-freeloading-migrants-says-Foreign-Secretary.html Britain is “wide open to abuse” by “freeloading” European Union migrants who are exploiting the welfare state, the Foreign Secretary has said. Philip Hammond said that the Government is “determined” to reform Britain’s relationship with Brussels so that there is a “sufficient impact on migration numbers to satisfy the public”. His reference to “freeloading” represents one of the most outspoken comments by a Cabinet minister about the EU and will infuriate senior figures in Brussels. “Free movement to work is one of the principles of the European Union; free movement to freeload is not one of the principles of the European Union. Britain is not the only country affected by this problem and not the only country determined to address it.” Speaking later before the European scrutiny select committee, Mr Hammond would only say that he “very much hopes” that he will be able to support continued membership of the EU, but that it depends on the scale of the reforms. It came after Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, earlier this week compared British membership of the EU to a doomed romance and suggested it is time for Britain to get a divorce from Europe. It is the first time Mr Juncker has publicly contemplated a British exit and he reinforced his message by insisting he would not get down on his knees to beg Britain to stay
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