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Coalition split over EU free movement reforms

A furious row has broken out at the heart of the coalition Government over the right of European Union nationals to work in the UK, with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg branding Home Office proposals "illegal and undeliverable".

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51% 'say immigration adversely impacts unemployment'

More than half of Brits feel immigrants from Eastern Europe have adversely impacted levels of unemployment in the UK.

A ComRes survey carried out for ITV News found:

  • 51% felt they had negatively impacted unemployment levels
  • Just 11% said Eastern European immigrants had a positive impact
  • 25% thought they had a neutral or no impact
  • 13% did not know

The welfare state is the area those questioned believe is most likely to have been negatively impacted (57%).

The UK economy (22%) and the skill level of the labour force (22%) are deemed to be the areas most positively affected by Eastern European immigration.

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