The European Union has issued a warning to the UK over Nigel Farage's immigration plans, which would see EU citizens with "settled status" stripped of their benefits View 3 Images Reform plans to negotiate with Brussels to prevent EU citizens with "settled status" from benefits (Image: Getty)
Reform is plotting to strike a deal with Brussels that would bar EU citizens holding "settled status" from accessing benefits should they triumph in the upcoming general election.
However, European insiders have dismissed any likelihood of downgrading the position of EU nationals living in Britain , who remain safeguarded under the legally binding post-Brexit agreement.
"It takes two to tango in a treaty negotiation, why would we agree to reopen this very sensitive Brexit lega