DAVID CAMERON failed to secure the support of Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz yesterday for his draconian plans to restrict benefits for migrant EU workers.

No 10 claimed that Mr Cameron and Ms Kopacz had found “much they could agree on” during the first of the British PM’s vaunted EU reform talks in Warsaw but that plans for benefit reforms needed more work.

“On immigration and welfare, Prime Minister Kopacz welcomed the PM’s commitment to respect the principle of free movement,” a Downing Street spokesman said.

“They agreed that there were issues concerning the interaction between free movement and national welfare systems that should be discussed further.”

Poland has repeatedly condemned proposals to curb welfare for migrant workers as “discriminatory” and pledged to block them.

Polish European Affairs Minister Rafal Trzaskowski remarked: “David Cameron says he does not question the free movement of workers per se, but he wants to discuss the questions of social policy and of social benefits.

“Our message was clear. We think it is of utmost importance for all of us to keep the United Kingdom within the European Union and we are ready to sit down with the British and discuss the issues.” He added however, that “obviously, our red line is non-discrimination.

“We have to take such decisions that are not going to discriminate against anyone within the union.

“These are going to be tough discussions, but we are open to talks with our British counterparts.”