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Cameron was forced to 'retreat' over EU migrant plan

Prime Minster David Cameron backtracked from a radical plan to cap directly the number of EU migrants entering Britain after an intervention, according to reports.

But the PM had said that European migrants will be banned from claiming a range of benefits for the first four years after they arrive in the UK, under radical immigration reforms set out by David Cameron.

Unemployed Europeans will have six months to find a job or face being removed from the country, the Prime Minister will say in a speech on immigration reform today.

Mr Cameron said he has ruled "nothing out" if British concerns over migration "fall on deaf ears" at the European Union.

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Cameron unveils 'radical but fair' immigration reforms

Prime Minister David Cameron said he is determined to reduce low-skilled labour migration from the European Union into the UK.

He said he wants the curbs on the benefits and welfare for EU migrants to be extended across the EU, and that he will negotiate with other EU leaders to obtain them, but but if this is not possible, then he will seek to get an exemption for the UK, which may require a treaty change.

He said the issues surrounding immigration were causing "real concern" for voters across Europe, and stressed the need for reform across member states.

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Cameron was forced to 'retreat' over EU migrant plan

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