Young workers’ families should not be sacrificed in EU migrant reforms, says TUC

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Issue date

11 Aug 2015

Commenting on reports today (Tuesday) that the government is considering a four-year ban on tax credit qualification for new migrants that would not only affect migrants, but also young working families, care leavers and disabled people, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Young working families should not have their support sacrificed by David Cameron to please his hard-line backbenchers. If he carries on like this, Cameron will find it harder to build the public support needed to remain in the EU.”

11 August 2015

“Young working families should not have their support sacrificed by David Cameron to please his hard-line backbenchers. Excluding migrants altogether would not be possible without also penalising care leavers, disabled people, young parents and pregnant women. If he carries on like this, Cameron will find it harder to build the public support needed to remain in the EU.”

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