Jenrick said on Sunday that a legally resident foreign individual living in social housing would not be deported just for that:
“If they fail to meet our criteria because they’re not in work or they’re not working as many hours, not earning enough money, then they won’t be able to renew their work visa because ILR won’t exist and they’ll be asked to leave.”
Reform’s home affairs spokesman said this was wrong on X this morning:
“Robert’s answer is not Reform policy. As the person responsible for our deportation plan I want ensure people know where we stand: If a foreign national lives in social housing at taxpayer expense, they automatically fail our economic test and will be deported.”
Farage always goes on about having spats behind closed doors. He can’t be best pleased…
Batting away critical points from Nick Robinson on the Today Programme, Tony Blair said:
“I always used to say the greatest source of election-losing advice was the Guardian.”