BRITAIN GOVT OBLIGED TO FUND 34199 CHILDREN LIVING IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS GIVING BOTH CHILD BENEFITS AND TAX CREDITS TO EUROPEAN FAMILIES OF WHOM ONE PARENT IS LIVING IN UK DESPITE CHILDREN HAVE NEVER LIVED IN UK AND IT COSTING TAXPAYERS AROUND 52 MILLION POUNDS EVERY YEAR The UK is obliged to fund 34,199 children living in other European Union countries, Treasury figures reveal. And the cost of remaining one of only four EU nations that make payments to non-resident children is £52million each year, campaign group MigrationWatch UK have calculated. The eye-watering sum is made up of both child benefit and tax credits handed to EU families of whom one parent is residing in the UK, even if their children have never lived in Britain. The Prime Ministers piecemeal approach to stopping the adverse affects on the UK is flawed. Hes like a draughts player trying to solve a chess problem Steven Woolfe, UKIP migration spokesman Critics point to the bill as further proof that Britains approach to the EU is in need of a game-changing move. UKIP migration spokesman Steven Woolfe also blasted David Camerons promises of reforming Britains EU benefits bill, claiming the Prime Ministers renegotiations are “like a draughts player trying to solve a chess problem”. He said: The Prime Ministers piecemeal approach to stopping the adverse affects on the UK from EU mass migration is flawed. “Hes like a draughts player trying to solve a chess problem. “This problem needs the game-changing move which is to withdraw from the EU altogether, then negotiate a fair and ethical migration policy with EU countries on our way out as an independent sovereign state. According to the Treasury, as of September 2014, the UK pays child benefit to 20,660 claimants for 34,199 children living in other EU member states.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 04:00:46 +0000
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