Reform UK benefits ban for foreign nationals would include EU citizens
The party says the overhaul would affect nearly 3 million people and save more than £50 billion a year, with disability payments among the cuts.
- On Monday, Reform UK treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick announced plans to ban foreign nationals from claiming most welfare payments, claiming the proposal would save around £21 billion annually by the fifth year.
- Jenrick insisted the ban is necessary, arguing "forcing British workers to pay for the benefits of foreigners is not just economically illiterate but plain immoral" as part of a wider £50 billion savings plan.
- The proposal covers nearly all welfare payments, including housing and disability benefits, with limited exemptions for war widows; this would impact EU nationals with settled status, requiring a renegotiation of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
- Critics denounced the proposal, as Labour labeled it "fantasy economics" and Green Party deputy leader Mothin Ali called it "cowardly," while experts warn the EU could retaliate by stripping benefits from British expatriates.
- Reform set aside £500m to cover contingency costs for British citizens returning from the EU, while Best For Britain criticized the policy, citing polling suggesting Reform is "increasingly out of touch with what Brits really want.
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Reform U.K. pledges to strip foreign nationals of most benefits under proposed welfare overhaul
Reform U.K. wants to strip foreign nationals of access to most welfare benefits. The BBC reported that a sweeping overhaul could force the U.K. into fresh Brexit negotiations. According to the party, this move could save billions of pounds and redirect welfare spending toward British citizens. But critics believe this proposal could negatively affect people who have legally lived in the country for years. Reform U.K. wants to block foreign natio…
Foreign citizens would be excluded from the majority of social benefits under a government led by Reform UK, the party said. This ban, which is part of a proposal to reform the UK social benefits system, would also include citizens of the European Union (EU) with resident status established in the United Kingdom, which would mean a renegotiation of the Brexit agreement concluded by the United Kingdom with the EU, writes BBC.
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The Reform UK populist party, led by Nigel Farage, proposes a radical measure aimed directly at the Romanian community in the United Kingdom. If it wins the elections and takes power, the political group intends to completely eliminate the access of foreign citizens to social aid, including for legal residents in the European Union. Farage's extremely proposed plan could leave thousands of Romanian families without the benefits and financial sup…
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