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  Tough Labour policy could close door on EU job-seekers
  
  Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Ummuna floats curbs on the free movement of people within EU
  
  Labour has unveiled a hard line on migration from the European Union, which could mean that migrants would be allowed to come to Britain only if they already had a firm job offer.
  
  In a surprise move, Labour suggested that it could seek new curbs on the free movement of people within the EU if it wins next year's general election.
  
  Chuka Ummuna, the shadow Business Secretary, said he had talked to some of his European counterparts about the issue this week. He told the BBC's Question Time programme: "The founders of the EU had in mind free movement of workers, not free movement of jobseekers. The difference is that what people intended when they built the EU in the first instance is that people who either had a job or had the skills to get a job would move around the EU."
  
  Full report Independent.

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