Soft touch Britain

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/arti cle-1082960/Doling-money-How-jobless-foreigner s-home-claim-benefits-here.html

No wonder they are leaving this country in droves, they are still cashing in on 'soft touch Britain'.

[Gromit]

They are entitled if they have paid UK tax for a year. Brits can do the same if they work abroad.

[Tom Braider]

'You cannot receive this form of Jobseeker's Allowance unless you have been paying National Insurance contributions.
'The individual would only be eligible for up to a maximum of three months Jobseeker's Allowance support.
'These very specific circumstances would only occur should someone move from the UK while in receipt of contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance in order to seek work in another EU member state and provided they register with that country's equivalent of Jobcentre Plus. "

How many successful claimants are there likely to be?

[Ethel]

Another screaming headline that fails to deliver

[BertiWooster]

I read this non story this morning .

You'll never guess who immediately sprang to mind .

[sp1214]

Take walk in health clinics. Immigrants who are not entitled to free health care just turn up at a health clinic. We even supply the interpreters. Do they exist elsewhere in Europe? I doubt it!

[anotheoldgit]

Nice to know I am always on your mind Berti.