David Cameron: I want one last go at renegotiating Britain’s relationship with Europe

Is David Cameron about to announce emergency controls on European jobseekers or a points-based system on EU migration? The Times and the Sun both splashed on these ideas today (after Coffee House first revealed Cameron had promised a ‘big bang’ policy to Tory MPs, then led some of them to believe that he could introduce an Australian-style points-based system), and the PM was confronted on both as he did his walkout in Rochester, where he is campaigning today for the by-election.

Funnily enough, the Prime Minister didn’t deny any of the reports – partly because it’s convenient to do so when trying to beat Ukip but also because this is all as a result of comments he himself has made. On the ’emergency brake’, he said:

‘We’ll be setting out all of our plans in due course. But we’ve already taken a lot of action, closing down bogus colleges, making sure people can’t come and access benefits immediately, making sure that we’re tougher on people that are here illegally and send them home.