Nick Clegg is to call for tighter controls on migrants coming to the UK from new EU states, saying people have "lost faith" in the government's ability to manage immigration.
Nick Clegg has called for tighter controls on migrants coming to the UK from new EU states, saying people have "lost faith" in the government's ability to manage immigration.
He will say new EU members must wait longer than the current seven-year limit before their citizens have the right to settle and work in the UK.
He said new EU members must wait longer than the current seven-year limit before their citizens have the right to settle and work in the UK.
The deputy PM is also set to unveil a clampdown on sham marriages for visas.
The deputy PM also unveiled plans for a clampdown on sham marriages for visas.
Employers using migrants as cheap labour will also be targeted.
Employers using migrants as cheap labour would be targeted, he said.
In a speech on Tuesday, Mr Clegg will insist that freedom of movement among EU states is "a good thing", although it was "never intended as an automatic right to claim benefits".
In a speech, Mr Clegg insisted freedom of movement among EU states was "a good thing", although it was "never intended as an automatic right to claim benefits". However, leaving the EU would strike an "immense" blow to UK prosperity.
However, leaving the EU would strike an "immense" blow to UK prosperity.
'Put on the brakes'
'Put on the brakes'
He will say the rules must be changed for new entrants joining the EU, to avoid a repeat of the wave of immigration to the UK following the 2004 accession of eastern European states, including Poland.
He said the rules must be changed for new entrants joining the EU, to avoid a repeat of the wave of immigration to the UK following the 2004 accession of eastern European states, including Poland.
This was in addition to the arrival of 60,000 Romanians and Bulgarians before restrictions on working in Britain were lifted at the start of the year.
This was in addition to the arrival of 60,000 Romanians and Bulgarians before restrictions on working in Britain were lifted at the start of the year.
"Is it any wonder - when people have been repeatedly told one thing only to then see another - that so many have lost faith in government's ability to manage the flow of migrants from new EU states?" Mr Clegg will say.
"Is it any wonder - when people have been repeatedly told one thing only to then see another - that so many have lost faith in government's ability to manage the flow of migrants from new EU states?" Mr Clegg said.
Instead, when the EU enlarges in the future, stricter and clearer transition controls will need to apply to new member states.
Instead, when the EU enlarges in the future, stricter and clearer transition controls would need to apply to new member states, he said.
"We need to be prepared to go beyond the seven-year maximum for transition controls, depending on the size and economy of the country joining the EU and the extent to which we expect its nationals to look for work here," he will say.
"We need to be prepared to go beyond the seven-year maximum for transition controls, depending on the size and economy of the country joining the EU and the extent to which we expect its nationals to look for work here," he said.
David Cameron said last week the UK would halve the time EU migrants without realistic job prospects can claim benefits to three months.
David Cameron has promised to get net migration - the difference between the number of people entering and leaving - to "tens of thousands".
But Labour said the PM's rhetoric masked a record of "failure" on immigration and "firm action" was needed.
He said last week that the UK would halve the time EU migrants without realistic job prospects can claim benefits to three months.
In his speech, Mr Clegg will stress that Britain should retain the right "to put on the brakes" if more people arrive than society can absorb.
For Labour, shadow immigration minister David Hanson said: "Nick Clegg has some nerve. For four years the Lib Dems have voted with the Conservatives on their immigration policies, and have been part of a government focused on a net migration target they can't reach."
'Nothing to fear'
He added: "There now seems to be competing messages about what the Home Office is actually trying to achieve on immigration."
He will say that many of the Romanians and Bulgarians who arrived in Britain before the removal of transition controls were taking low-paid jobs but registering as self-employed, which meant employers did not have to provide sick pay, leave or pay national insurance contributions.
UKIP said Mr Clegg's call for tighter controls on EU migration was "hypocritical and naive" as the government could not cut net migration while Britain was "signed up to EU open border policy".
"British workers in industries like food and agriculture felt they couldn't compete," he will say. "And yet again the reassurances that had been provided to the British people were shown to be false.
The party's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe said: "Yet again it's a catastrophic error by a failing party leader who is flailing desperately and bleating for attention."
"Whenever the EU enlarges in the future, I want the Liberal Democrats to argue for the removal of the special exemption for the self employed - and if we're in government again, we should insist on it. This loophole can't be forced on Britain and we mustn't accept it."
He will add: "This is not about bolting the door, but it is about steadying the flow of people into Britain in a way that is careful and honest. It is in everyone's interests - British born or not - for people living here to feel confident that, when a new member joins the EU, there will be no surprises and they have nothing to fear."
Mr Clegg will also describe how Britain's registrars are being enlisted to help clamp down on the 2,000 sham marriages reported each year, with an expectation they should tell the Home Office of any suspicion they have that a couple is bogus or an individual in the UK illegally.
He will announce a £1m team of inspectors tasked with identifying businesses, such as care homes, recruitment agencies and top-class hotels, who use migrants as cheap labour, paying below the minimum wage.
