Former Cabinet minister Owen Paterson, leading an angry backlash from Tory MPs, suggested the Prime Minister backed down after being “sat on by the Germans”.
The former Environment Secretary became the most senior Tory to raise doubts about proposals from Mr Cameron to tackle soaring immigration from EU nations.
Mr Paterson hit out following reports that around 200 Tory MPs now want Britain to quit the EU.
A number want to trigger a rebellion at Westminster this week with a Parliamentary Bill to allow Britain to ignore Brussels and impose tougher border controls. Mr Cameron last week outlined a series of measures to curb access to the welfare system for EU migrants.
They will be banned from claiming a series of benefits for four years after arrival. But the PM shied away from proposing any overall limit on the numbers of migrants. Express.
