9:00PM GMT 29 Nov 2014
Senior Conservative MPs are threatening a new revolt over Europe amid claims that the German chancellor Angela Merkel had intervened in David Cameron’s plan to curb European Union migration.
Leading Eurosceptic Tories reacted angrily to reports that Mrs Merkel had warned Downing Street she would not tolerate any attempt by the UK to place a cap on the number of European migrants coming to Britain.
They will table a bill on Wednesday — ahead of the Autumn Statement — that would attempt to enshrine in law Britain’s right to control its borders and allow Westminster to override the EU’s principle of free movement of workers.
The Bill, although unlikely to succeed not least because it will not be given space on the parliamentary timetable, is expected to receive widespread support and provide a rallying point for Conservative MPs disaffected with Brussels. A letter in January sent to Mr Cameron and calling for a national veto on all EU laws was signed by 95 Conservative MPs. Telegraph.
