European Parliament approves plan for 'social police' that would lay foundations for the EU controlling benefit payments

‘The European Union has sparked fury after it approved a plan for a ‘social police’ to control benefits handouts, healthcare and homelessness across the continent.

The plan is among a raft of measures laid out in a new report that calls for the creation of a ‘social scoreboard’ to allow for a ‘better and earlier identification of major employment and social problems’.

But the plan, approved by a majority of the Parliament sitting in Strasbourg last week, triggered anger among Conservative MEPs who claim the EU is attempting to impose itself as ‘Europe’s social conscience.”

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