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    Nick Clegg says attempts to curb EU migration must stop
    Deputy prime minister says proposals for a cap are 'pointless' and blocking migration would only hurt the UK economy

    Nick Clegg has pledged to block any fresh attempts to curb immigration from the European Union, insisting "this is where we draw the line".

    The deputy prime minister dismissed Home Office proposals for a 75,000 cap on EU migrants as "pointless" and claimed without freedom of movement the National Health Service would "fall over".

    David Cameron has warned he would veto further expansion of the union's borders unless reforms were agreed to crack down on "benefit tourism".

    A ban on EU migrants claiming out-of-work benefits from the moment they arrive in the UK is also being rushed through parliament to be in place before access restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals are lifted on 1 January.

    Migrants from all EU states will have to wait for three months before applying for jobseeker's allowance (JSA) and other out-of-work benefits.

    Clegg wrote in the Sunday Times: "Sticking a big no-entry sign on the cliffs of Dover may be politically popular, but at a huge economic cost. What would happen if tonight every European living in the UK boarded a ship or plane and went home?

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