just seen this on the bbc:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7007163.stm

thought you all might be interested.....

As usual they are mixing together the issues of the right to claim benefit and fraud. Therefore in this case all polish claimants are fraudsters. Don't Brits claim when they are abroad. That font of all wisdom, Metro, ran a story regarding a recent judgement for a Brit to be paid UK rate of jsa in Bulgaria. It then went on to list the highlife you could have in Bulgaria on £59 a week. No Daily Mail headline or story on News 24zzzzz yet then.

"Brit Blags Bulgarian Booty"

Shaun

Just to be clear - was it actually a German who "Blagged Bulgarian Booty"? (See link to Metro article below) - Though you're absolutely right of course that the same would apply to a Brit, and this is the other side of the EU coin that the Mail et al don't appear to recognise whatsoever.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=66819&in_page_id=34

In stead of running stories which have only been partially researched, some of our press would be better exposing the scandal of the doorstep loan company who charge an APR of 179% - I had a flyer thtough my letterbox over the weekend - and there it was - in inch high charecters - 179% - all above board, all legal and they are liciensed..
These companies deliberately target those people who they know would never get a loan of any description from anywhere else because they've got a zero credit rating and CCJ's by the handful.......

This bit is interesting:

"Eastern European migrant workers have limited access on arrival to the welfare state, other than to child benefit which is a universal payment. "