Nigel Farage today vowed to block foreign nationals from getting benefits, slashing the welfare bill “by £234 billion”, and to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants with ‘settled status’ by bringing in stricter visa tests and cancelling their ‘indefinite leave to remain’. The Mail has more.
The Reform leader condemned legal permanent settlement for foreign nationals as a “scam”, warning it is a “fiscal timebomb” which could bankrupt the country.
Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) allows those who have lived here for more than five years to receive benefits and apply for citizenship.
Reform estimates 3.8 million migrants who arrived after the pandemic will be eligible for ILR between 2026 and 2030, claiming many are either destined for a life on benefits or are low-skilled workers who will bring in dependants to join them.
Mr Farage suggested ending the status will save £234 billion over their lifetimes. Speaking at a press conference in Westminster this morning, the MP said people needed to focus on legal migration as well as illegal migration.
“Under a Reform government welfare will be for UK citizens only. Not foreign nationals,” he said. …
Under Mr Farage’s plan, no new ILR awards would be made and migrants already allowed to live here under ILR – so-called settled status – would have it rescinded.
Mr Farage proposes that migrants living here would instead have to apply for a five-year renewable visa with stricter criteria, such as proving they can speak English and can earn a high salary, and would face restrictions on how many dependants could join them.
Those rejected would lose state benefits and be expected to leave voluntarily or face removal under the party’s tough plan for tackling illegal migration, known as Operation Restoring Justice.
Reform’s policy document states that the changes “will be done on a staggered and orderly basis to allow businesses to train British workers to replace them”. Reform said it is giving notice that “the era of cheap foreign labour is over”.
The qualifying period for citizenship – which is currently one year after being granted ‘settled status’ – would also be extended to seven years to prevent it being given “cheaply”.
Mr Farage said: “The Tories and Labour have turned the UK into a foodbank for the world.”
How many ‘Boriswave’ migrants will already have citizenship by the time Reform is in power anyway? Might be a small flaw in the plan…
Worth reading in full.
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