One of the main sticking points in the EU negotiations (Cameron strikes new EU deal, 20 February) seems to be the UK reluctance to allow European workers in the UK to remit their child benefit to their children who still live in their home countries. But surely if their children stay behind, then their home country looks after their education, healthcare and housing. That seems to me an advantage when so many complain that the problem with workers from overseas is the burden they and their families place on UK resources.
Roger Kidley
London
• The prime minister trumpets his triumph over a “something for nothing” benefits culture, having presided over increased tax exceptions for those inheriting wealth. Surely they are the ultimate beneficiaries of something for nothing, having merely taken the trouble to be born.
John Saxbee
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
• Let’s hope the referendum campaign will be about the future of Britain in the EU, and not about who will be the future leader of the Conservative party.
Eric Goodyer
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
• “When the tree falls the monkeys scatter”: still applicable as the cabinet scrambles to be considered as potential successors to their leader.
Peter Hughes
Burnham, Buckinghamshire
• The EU referendum is to be 23 June, three days after England’s and Wales’s last group games in Euro 2016. Will there be mourning for an early exit or celebrating at still remaining in?
Toby Wood
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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