United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

UK Conservatives fear electoral disaster over EU immigration figures

15:51 06/05/2014
The Conservative Party, the largest party in the UK parliament and the senior partner in the UK's Coalition government, fears that the release of immigration figures could adversely affect its...

UK Independence Party highlights EU immigration in campaign posters

15:46 29/04/2014
The UK Independence Party has launched its campaign for the elections to the European Parliament in May. The party has launched a poster campaign which has been funded by a millionaire businessman,...

UK seeks to deter EU immigration with benefit changes

11:32 10/04/2014
The British government has announced that, from July, immigrants from the EU will not be able to claim child benefit for their first three months in the country. In addition, unemployed EU immigrants...

EU president accuses UK PM of 'scaremongering' over EU immigration

9:43 12/02/2014
The President of the European Commission has criticised UK Prime Minister David Cameron for his 'narrow, chauvinistic' policies and pronouncements on the European Union and immigration. Jose Manuel...

UK Cabinet split on EU immigration

17:49 22/01/2014
A senior Conservative cabinet minister has been 'rebuked' by the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron for saying that he did not accept 'that the European Union is responsible for unacceptable waves of...

Poll shows UK negative about EU immigration

9:32 04/12/2013
An opinion poll has showed that people in the UK are much more likely to view membership of the EU negatively than people in France, Germany or Poland. 26% of British people are broadly in favour of...

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