UK accused of cheating 'benefit tourists': another boost for
UKIP  Brussels says UK is already discriminating against EU
nationals – never mind Cameron's tough, new proposals  Column
LAST UPDATED AT 11:36 ON Thu 30 May 2013  DAVID CAMERON could be
forced to eat his own tough words on stopping "benefit tourism"
after learning that the British government is in trouble with
the EU Commission over a residency rule dating back nearly 10
years which, says Brussels, discriminates against EU nationals.
It was only in March that Cameron told an audience in Ipswich
that he was going to get tough with EU scroungers attracted to
the UK by free welfare benefits provided by British taxpayers.
Responding to fears of a flood of immigrants from Romania and
Bulgaria when rules are relaxed at the end of this year, he
declared that Europeans will have to prove they are "genuinely
seeking employment" to claim UK jobless benefits for more than
six months.  Now, the BBC is reporting that, never mind the PM's
new proposals, the EU