Britain closer to compromise with EU on migrant welfare curbs - Hammond

By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - Britain is getting closer to a compromise with its European Union partners over curbing welfare payments to EU migrants, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday. Speaking during a visit to the Turkish capital Ankara, Hammond said if no deal with the EU could be reached at a European Council meeting in February he was hopeful it would happen at the next. "We are getting closer but (we're) not there yet," Hammond said, adding that Britain's EU partners