PMQs and EU statement live: David Cameron faces backlash from own Cabinet over reform package
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Mr Cameron was criticised on Tuesday by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for not coming to answer an urgent question in the House of Commons.
The PM instead held a speech on the package in Chippenham, where he said that he believed "hand on heart" that he had secured the package of reforms promised in his manifesto.
The proposals put forward by the European Union however only allow the UK to reduce in-work benefits for EU migrants over a four year period, rather than block them altogether.
The Conservative 2015 general election manifesto had in fact said migrants would have to work for four years before they were able or allowed to claim benefits.
Senior eurosceptics have rejected Mr Cameron's package. Former defence secretary Liam Fox branded is "watered down in every area"
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