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Opinion: The Sun’s correction to “benefit tourists” claim goes viral

sun benefit tourists correctionLast month, the Sunday Telegraph ran a scurrilous story claiming there were ‘600,000 unemployed EU migrants living in Britain’. On closer inspection, it turned out that the real number of (non-British) EU citizens claiming jobseeker’s allowance was just 38,000, according to DWP estimates. But the story had in the meantime been replicated by the usual suspects (the Sun, Mail and Express), leading me to write a piece to correct some of the most common myths about EU free movement.

I’m pleased to report that in a minor …

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    Jonathan makes some good points about the welcome change of heart by the government – occasioned by a change of head, troubling evidence of how closely our pa...
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    Further to my introduction, I see it reported in the Guardian today that a number of other senior rabbis have declared in favour of the Government taking action...
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    Good article Jonathan. One shocking piece of arrogance on the part of the Israeli government should be challenged immediately i.e. the notice to close the con...
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