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…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”