Zep
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That is very good and exactly what i had tried to write before I got sarcy.....very quickly.
I would also add that "free movement" can be used for economic purposes which may not be in the public interests, but can be in the interests of members of the public.
By way of an example, many countries in Europe, lets say Cyprus, never used to stamp people from European countries in or out of the country.....perhaps it was asssumed everyone would be leaving after their holiday. This allowed a friend of mine to live in one such country, (lets use Cyprus again for consistency) to effectively disappear for years without paying tax as he officially wasn't there......or indeed anywhere. The benefit to the Uk of this is that lots of money was invested in the Uk housing market- boosting the UK economy....while Cyprus went bankrupt....
Many other European countries are probably implimenting the same practice at their borders......the economic opportunities for the Uk just need to be investigated....
No sarcasm, just fact.
So I understand this correctly, people were going to Cyprus and not paying tax for years on end (is that U.K. tax or Cypriot tax?) and using the money saved to invest in the U.K. housing market?
How many people were doing this?