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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Yes Neil, I appreciate this, and you are right it is bad for our economy and boosts the economy of their homeland.....and I have mentioned that in one of the many EU debates that is ongoing.
The other thing which is bad, is that if the person has children in their home country they can claim Child tax credit here.
Worse still is, if they return home permanently, they can still claim the Child tax credit that began while they were in this country.
It is a nonsense and should be stopped.
Child tax credits should only be payable for children who live in the country.If the migrant returns home then all Tax credits should be stopped.
I don't know whether the Benefits/child tax credit thing is an EU directive....but in any case, pretty soon anyone who arrives from any EU country will be able to claim the same benefits as someone who has paid into the system all of their lives. This should not be possible.
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Yes n despite any posturing from any of the big 3 they are quite happy wi this.