European court backs British benefit restrictions

Judges uphold UK plan to deny child benefit and child tax credits to EU migrants without residency rights

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European judges have rejected an appeal challenging Britain's right to deny some European Union migrants access to child benefit and child tax credits - a decision that could have wide-ranging implications for other EU member states.

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