THERESA May has insisted warnings the NHS could face £1billion bill every year if expats needed to be treated in Britain after Brexit show she was right not to give away rights to EU citizens without a reciprocal deal in place.
May insists she will protect the rights of Brits living in the EU
GETTY Theresa May claims the NHS £1bn Brexit bill proves she was right to delay giving EU citizen rights
“If we look at people who are living in the European Union, I’m clear that I want to see agreement where their rights are protected.
We are looking after UK citizens living in the European Union
“I want to see reciprocal arrangements so their rights are protected and we can look after them.
“As British Prime Minister, I have a care for the British people living in the EU.”
GETTY A think tank claimed the cost to the NHS of pensioners returning from the EU could be £1bn a year
Report author Mark Dayan, policy and public affairs analyst at the Nuffield Trust, said: “The NHS and social care were already under pressure from tight funding settlements and growing staffing problems well before the EU referendum last year.
GETTY Mrs May claimed she was protecting the rights of Brits living in the EU
“That depends largely on the NHS being recognised as a significant priority as we enter some of the most important negotiations in Britain’s history.”
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