http://www.housing-rights.info/02_4_EEA_workers.php#housing-...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-rules-to-stop-migrant...
There are other ways of closing the gap, such as addressing tax avoidance. It's not that the UK is a poor country, but it's an increasingly unequal one. And a lot of the Crown dependencies operate as tax havens.
You honestly think that tax avoidance is the cause of the deficit?
Point is, it's not an either or. Let's follow up whatever ways we can find of eliminating the deficit - it's still utterly shameful and wrong that someone should be able to get themselves pregnant and be supported by the state in relative comfort whilst someone that has paid in for decades is refused housing. Your defence is to avoid addressing this and instead deflect by talking about generalities.
> "get themselves pregnant"
I hadn't realised there was such a problem with parthenogenesis among women in this country, that pregnancies were happening without men being involved at any point.
So, what's your solution? Mandatory abortions? Divorce ban? Women with babies in homeless shelters? Living in cardboard boxes on the street? What's an acceptable fatality rate for the children in this scenario?
I'm talking about specifics, the extremely brutal ones of what exactly is required for people to remain healthy in these circumstances.
A person presents at the benefit office holding a baby. She is homeless. What specifically should the response of the system be? What questions to ask? Why? What outcomes are acceptable?