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Feast at No10 to fix migrant benefit block
Workers lose out as Cameron and Tusk pig out

DAVID CAMERON cut a deal to slash the benefits of migrant workers over a lavish three-course meal with EU Council president Donald Tusk.

The Prime Minister got agreement for his plan to restrict benefits for EU workers for up to four years at a working dinner at Downing Street on Sunday evening.

And the Morning Star can reveal the decadent menu the pair enjoyed as they colluded to deny tax credits to low-paid migrant workers.

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