BRITISH taxpayers are giving more than £30million a year in Child Benefit to families in other EU countries, it emerged last night.
British
taxpayers are spending millions to raise children in foreign countries [GETTY /
GETTY]
Most of the cash is being paid to relatives of migrant workers, with
almost two-thirds going to Poland.Brussels laws mean
ministers are powerless to stop the payments which triggered fresh fury about
foreigners milking the benefit system.The figures were released by the Treasury in response to MPs’ questions
just days after the UK Independence Party won European elections following
concern about migration.Andy Silvester, campaign director of
the TaxPayers’ Alliance pressure group, said: “The Government has to step in.
The idea that UK taxpayers should be paying to raise children in foreign
countries is ludicrous.”
The figures showed that last year Child Benefit funded by British
taxpayers went to 20,400 families with a total of 34,268 children living
overseas.Most is being paid to relatives of migrant workers
who have come to Britain under EU free-movement rules. Express.
