A challenge to the UK’s right to deny some EU migrants child benefit and child tax credits has been rejected by European judges.
According to the decision of European Court of Justice, it was lawful for the UK to withhold family benefits to EU migrants who were not working if they did not have the right to reside in the country.
It was justified on the basis of protecting a state’s finances, the court said.
The ruling was welcomed by the government and EU remain campaigners. But Vote Leave said it was absurd that the UK had to run every nut and bolt of domestic policy past a court in Luxembourg and engage in lengthy and expensive legal battles.
On 23 June, the UK will decide whether it wants to remain in the EU or leave.
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