?600,000 a week paid out in child benefit to parents overseas

[super jumbe]

Work and Pensions secretary Rachel Reeves: 'It's unfair and it's not affordable.'

Labour said the figures showed the Coalition ?seems to have given up" on stopping millions of pounds of child benefit being sent abroad every year

Foreign children living overseas are receiving ?600,000 in British child benefit every week, it has emerged.

Figures show that ?31million was paid to families of children living overseas last year. In all 20,400 Child Benefit claims were made, covering 34,268 children ? two thirds of whom are living in Poland.

David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has said that he wants to address the issue of benefits being sent abroad when he begins renegotiating Britain's relationship with the European Union after the next election.

However, the latest figures show the scale of the problem ahead as tens of thousands of immigrants are currently taking advantage of EU rules allowing them to claim money in the UK and send it abroad.

Mr Cameron has pledged to change Britain?s relationship with Brussels before holding an in-out referendum in 2017.

The Government has insisted that it wants to stop child benefit being paid to foreign families by negotiating with other European Union countries.

Earlier this year Mr Cameron signalled that the Government wanted to take action.

He said: ?If you travel and work from another European country into Britain, you can then claim child benefit and other benefits for your family back at home even though actually they?re not living in the UK and going to UK schools and all the rest of it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11139515/600000-a-week-paid-out-in-child-benefit-to-parents-overseas.html

[Meat-Head]

Well to a degree if there posting it back to Poland means there not here blocking sidewalks, hogging skills, taking over bus. (iShit Failiure) nhs.


i was manufactured here, ?531 water bill 25% off council tax, no dk discount, no VIP access

[GastonJ]

Yes and for the last 4 years of the coalition being in government what have they done about it? Ah nothing at all.

David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has said that he wants to address the issue of benefits being sent abroad when he begins renegotiating Britain's relationship with the European Union after the next election.

Promises promises, if he's elected. Why hasn't he done anything but talk sh*t for the past 4 and a bit years? Oh yes it's election time soon, must be a coincidence *shrug*

[ontherack]

European Union negotiations should only be about one thing, the time scale for total withdrawal of the UK from this federal state. I just hate being ruled from europe

[Meat-Head]

Thought this Is why we have MP's. to speak on your behalf, Arnold don't reply to my emails w@nker.

sent him one yesterday morning still no reply

[GastonJ]

European Union negotiations should only be about one thing, the time scale for total withdrawal of the UK from this federal state. I just hate being ruled from europe

It was a Conservative government that signed us up, it was a conservative government that signed the Maastricht Treaty (the one which signed most powers over to the EU), I'm unsure what you think a new Conservative government will do next year or the year after that is no different from what they have always done - which is think of themselves and their mates while kicking those that have no representation.

What they will try and do is renegotiate those things which it's suits them to renegotiate, that doesn't mean they'll renegotiate the things that your, I, or any of the every day people want renegotiating. I suspect the parts that they renegotiate will likely only be parts that benefit either the surveillance state that we have allowed ourselves to sleepwalk into in the past 10 to 15 years, employment law (and not the good stuff for employees) or legislation that will enable banks/financial institutions, and their mates, make more money. However since they're not giving any details, just usual broad statements that think is for their benefit, we won't know until it's too late.

[busaman]

its also easy to forget that LABOUR were in on it for over a decade they could also have had a referendum but tony liar did not want it the way it should be with the tories is we WONT vote for you until you hold a referendum on europe.

i mean how difficult can it be 1 adult 1 vote and compusory voting on this.

[GastonJ]

its also easy to forget that LABOUR were in on it for over a decade they could also have had a referendum but tony liar did not want it the way it should be with the tories is we WONT vote for you until you hold a referendum on europe.

i mean how difficult can it be 1 adult 1 vote and compusory voting on this.

Yes they were and could have, you have to take some good with the bad. The WTD and minimum wage were introduced during that time, do you think a Conservative government would have done that off it's own back? One of the latest from the EU is the cap on mobile roaming and call charges in the EU. Do you think UK providers would have introduced that on their own for the benefit of customers, or do you think they'd have kept prices high - which they already had been doing for so long?

It's easy to shout "there's too much legislation form the EU". The 3 above, as far as I'm concerned, have been for the better and without the EU they wouldn't have been done at all.

[Meat-Head]

Sorry to but in guys, but would it be eaiser to do this.

those who are manufactured in the country (including those who were accidently born on vacation abroad), get to vote via, tweet, text, dk message etc, what they want, skool,?hodpitalz, roads etc.

those imports from differant country, still vote, but it just goes to the inbox of above.

[busaman]

Yes they were and could have, you have to take some good with the bad. The WTD and minimum wage were introduced during that time, do you think a Conservative government would have done that off it's own back? One of the latest from the EU is the cap on mobile roaming and call charges in the EU. Do you think UK providers would have introduced that on their own for the benefit of customers, or do you think they'd have kept prices high - which they already had been doing for so long?

It's easy to shout "there's too much legislation form the EU". The 3 above, as far as I'm concerned, have been for the better and without the EU they wouldn't have been done at all.

why cant we just pick the good bits and do like the french and say bollox if they don't like it.

[GastonJ]

why cant we just pick the good bits and do like the french and say bollox if they don't like it.

We can or so they say. Which bits do you think the a Conservative government would do away with, and keep?

[super jumbe]

Now I know who I am paying my taxes to, few thousands jihadis, roma, bulga, polish, each with over 7 children’s none have birth/death certificate just send money blind no enquiries ffs….con a bit to let to find out when we are broke!!!

[rds60h]

Remember that figure is just the Child Benefit figure, then there is the Child Tax Credits on top of that !!!!
And how many thousands of others are claiming those benefits for their kids that are living here ?
You keep hearing about how they are here to work and aren't claiming benefits, they are taking jobs at lower rates of pay and claiming every benefit that can be claimed..............still you hear the argument about how they are paying their income tax, yes but they are claiming much more in benefits than they are paying in income tax and that is from the moment they are here, so in reality there is no input, just deduction from the system.

[Meat-Head]

Think Elvis Preisly (iShit Failiure) should be in charge of the inglish immigration system

[GastonJ]

I'm all too well aware that those earning more than the average wage are subsidising companies to pay the minimum wage to those employees who then have to claim benefits/tax to top up their wages to a level whereby they can live. Until the minimum wage rises to a level where its' a living wage that will continue as we all know. That will be the same whether they are someone from the UK working, or someone from the EU, it makes no difference, and the way things are real inflation is outstripping wage rises to the extent where raising the minimum wage may still be outstripped by house prices (even rented), utilities and those necessary things which aren't taken into account when 'inflation' is calculated (mostly because it would give a real figure that no government wants to admit).

However since the thread is about child benefit I personally think that if the children aren't in the UK (and not just away on holiday) then it shouldn't be paid, full stop. Is that so difficult that the current government can't legislate for it now and have to wait until after an election? Dave's taking the p*ss.