Clegg ‘a hypocrite’ for backing curbs on EU migrants’ benefits

Lib Dem leader’s FT article underlines hardening attitude in Westminster to migrants claiming welfare

The Mole

Nick Clegg, the deputy Prime Minister, is being accused of “hypocrisy” after apparently carrying out a violent U-turn in the Lib Dems’ policy on EU immigration.

In an article for the Financial Times, he calls for a crackdown on welfare benefits for EU migrants to Britain.

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