Loading ...Eastern European leaders warned Britain to ‘take it or leave it’ in Brussels
Prime Minister was pleading at a summit in the city for a ‘credible’ package
Counterparts put up opposition to his plans to limit access to UK welfare
In further slapdown they warned any package cobbled together will be final
David Cameron was ambushed in Brussels last night with demands to further water down his EU referendum deal.
Warning Britain to ‘take it or leave it’, Eastern European leaders insisted curbs on handouts to foreign workers must be phased in gradually.
The Prime Minister had been pleading at a summit in the city for a ‘credible’ package to help him lock Britain into the EU for a ‘generation’. But his counterparts put up a wall of opposition to his plans to limit access to the welfare state.
And, in a further slapdown, they warned any package that is cobbled together will be final – the UK must take it or quit the European Union for good.
The French and the Belgians insisted there could be no second referendum if the UK votes to leave while on a day of drama in Brussels and Westminster: