GETTY The EU has voted in favour of a increase in its budget to help fund the migrant crisis

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The extra cash could be requested from Britain after the European Parliament’s budget committee voted to hike up the budget by nearly £3BILLION yesterday. It was expected Cameron would fight to reduce the cash Britain was forced to pay into the EU as part of his renegotiation on membership terms. But the major defeat will see EU spending ramped up to a huge £112billion next year, after European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker claimed the current budget of £109billion was "too small".

The drastic decision was made after president of the European Council Donald Tusk warned the refugee crisis could "cause tectonic changes in the European landscape". Nations are struggling to cope with the influx of 700,000 migrants and refugees who have made the perilous journey to Europe this year. But Eurosceptics accused Brussels of using the escalating crisis as a “power grab” to demand more cash. Ukip deputy leader Paul Nuttall accused Brussels of taking advantage of the refugee crisis to "gain more power".

GETTY Donald Tusk warned the refugee crisis could "cause tectonic changes in the European

The simple fact is that we currently have very little say over key decisions that impact our lives Sir William Cash

He added: "Europhiles are now demanding more taxpayers’ money to fund the passage of economic migrants from the Middle East. "British taxpayers should not be tapped for more money to encourage wage compression and an impending clash of civilisation in Europe." Ukip MEP and budget control committee member, Jonathan Arnott slammed the plans as "a bunker-busting budget". He added: "This is a major defeat for Cameron who boasted of getting an agreement to cut the budget at the European Council in 2015. This has been shown to be a sham."

EU member states will now vote on the proposed budget - but the UK has no power to veto it. The plan to increase EU spending to £112billion next year requires a majority. Conservative and Ukip MEPs voted against the proposed increase while politicians back home fiercely criticised the plans. Richard Ashworth, Tory budget spokesman in the European Parliament, said: "We do have major priorities that we should respond to such as the migration crisis, but we need better reprioritisation. "This is not the right time for the European Parliament to go back to governments and ask for more money. Instead, we need to take some tough decisions about our priorities." Mr Cameron had agreed with the European Commission that overall EU spending should not increase until 2020.

GETTY An estimated 700,000 refugees and migrants have entered Europe this year alone

If the budget is frozen and the migrant crisis does drain funds, cuts will be needed elsewhere. Sir William Cash, the Tory chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, said: "The Prime Minister will have to reassure us that there is no chance of them unpicking the budget deal to pay for this migrant crisis. "The simple fact is that we currently have very little say over key decisions that impact our lives. We need to take back control."

GETTY David Cameron is renegotiating the UK's EU membership ahead of the in-out referendum