MikeD
Senior Retro Guru
Did any of the "OHNOES IMMIGRANTS TAKING OUR BENEFITZ!!!" crown trouble themselves to actually read the leaflet in question? In particular this bit:
"If you have never lived in the UK before, you will not normally have paid NI contributions. This will usually mean that you can’t get benefits, which are based on NI contributions. However, if you or your spouse or civil partner have paid the equivalent of NI contributions in another country, or in some cases have lived in another country, this can sometimes help you to qualify for benefits in Great Britain. This only applies to some benefits, and only to countries in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and countries that have a special agreement with the UK."
So that's most of the world not getting owt.
It's also worth noting that you can't really pillage the benefits system and take all the jobs at the same time. Not legally, anyway.
"If you have never lived in the UK before, you will not normally have paid NI contributions. This will usually mean that you can’t get benefits, which are based on NI contributions. However, if you or your spouse or civil partner have paid the equivalent of NI contributions in another country, or in some cases have lived in another country, this can sometimes help you to qualify for benefits in Great Britain. This only applies to some benefits, and only to countries in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and countries that have a special agreement with the UK."
So that's most of the world not getting owt.
It's also worth noting that you can't really pillage the benefits system and take all the jobs at the same time. Not legally, anyway.