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Come Inside... => The Commons => Topic started by: Steve on January 19, 2015, 11:13:37 PM

Title: Bizarre? things THEY'RE paying for
Post by: Steve on January 19, 2015, 11:13:37 PM
EU countries pay more in benefits for Brits over there than we pay for EU migrants here  eeek:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/-sp-thousands-britons-claim-benefits-eu (http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/-sp-thousands-britons-claim-benefits-eu)

(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.guim.co.uk%2Fni%2F1418312656641%2FEU_Unemployment_Datablog_do.svg&hash=c6c4dc7870e58060236e552cab7ed0847a8c3ab0)
Title: Re: Bizarre? things THEY'RE paying for
Post by: beerhead on January 19, 2015, 11:24:43 PM
Total BS. I  live in one of the countries on that list.They do not pay benefits to UK citizens
Title: Re: Bizarre? things THEY'RE paying for
Post by: Steve on January 19, 2015, 11:29:42 PM
Total BS. I  live in one of the countries on that list.They do not pay benefits to UK citizens
Yes of course

Strange that this site says otherwise: http://rome.angloinfo.com/information/money/social-security/ (http://rome.angloinfo.com/information/money/social-security/)
Title: Re: Bizarre? things THEY'RE paying for
Post by: Uncle Mort on January 20, 2015, 07:38:16 AM
Surely that graph shows the opposite to the headlines?

A quick tot-up gives more than twice the number of EU nationals claiming in the UK over the number of Brits claiming similar over there ~ or am I missing something?
Title: Re: Bizarre? things THEY'RE paying for
Post by: Barman on January 20, 2015, 08:11:30 AM
Surely that graph shows the opposite to the headlines?

A quick tot-up gives more than twice the number of EU nationals claiming in the UK over the number of Brits claiming similar over there ~ or am I missing something?

That was my reaction from a quick glance at it....
Title: Re: Bizarre? things THEY'RE paying for
Post by: Steve on January 20, 2015, 11:20:05 AM
Surely that graph shows the opposite to the headlines?

A quick tot-up gives more than twice the number of EU nationals claiming in the UK over the number of Brits claiming similar over there ~ or am I missing something?

That was my reaction from a quick glance at it....
And that's what the article says

But it also says:

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. . frequently the benefits elsewhere in Europe are much more generous than in the UK. A Briton in France receives more than three times as much as a jobless French person in the UK.