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Here' s another reason why David Cameron wants to ban benefits for migrants

Evan BartlettJan 08, 2015 This week German chancellor Angela Merkel came to the UK, in a visit overshadowed by the terrorist attack in Paris. Top of the agenda was prime minister David Cameron's plan to enshrine in law restrictions on benefits EU migrants can claim in the UK. Cameron hopes the limits will help stave off the likelihood of a vote to leave the EU in the event of a referendum. As the below shows, the policy is also incredibly popular. Each year, the polling company YouGov, in association with the Sunday Times, publishes its "policy knockout". This competition pits a set of 16 policies against each other in pairs, with the most popular of each pair moving on to the next round until there is a winner. Statista has mocked up the results for us in the above graphic, where you can see that a ban on migrants' benefits triumphs over the likes of renationalising the railways or the introduction of a living wage. Interestingly, as YouGov's Peter Kellner points out, constitutional issues like an EU referendum or further devolution for Scotland do not appear as populist as politicians make them out to be - both falling in the first round. There are flaws in this type of analysis - the initial placing of each policy can determine where it will end up in the competition. For instance, a scrapping of HS2 may be one of the most popular policies around, but because it was placed against the even more popular renationalisation of the railways in the first round. But it demonstrates why Cameron is so vigorously pursuing such a policy. More: Ed Miliband has actually announced a new policy More: NHS reforms and six other policies the coalition might regret More: Why British politics is so interesting at the moment, in three chartsKeep reading...Show less

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