DWP says right-to-reside test, over which UK faces legal action from European commission, is 'vital and fair tool' to protect benefits system from abuse Peter Lilley, the former social security secretary who introduced the right-to-reside test, said the legal challenge was an example of the commission trying to extend its power. Photograph: Paul Cooper/Rex Features The government has pledged to fight demands to ease restrictions on EU immigrants' access to benefits, after the European Commission said it was taking the UK to the European court of justice over its alleged discrimination against EU nationals who have been living and working in the UK. EU nationals currently face an extra test...
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