Thousands more houses could be built near transport hubs including on green belt sites
Reform UK has said foreign nationals would be banned from claiming almost all kinds of benefits in the UK if the party came into power following the next general election.
The affected welfare payments include housing benefit, pension credit, jobseeker’s allowance, child benefit, free childcare and disability benefits. There would be only a small number of exemptions, including the War Widows Pension and Armed Forces compensation.
These plans would mean ripping up the UK’s withdrawal agreement with the EU, plunging the UK back into years of Brexit renegotiations and stripping support from potentially millions of people who have lawfully lived, worked and paid taxes in Britain for years, and in many cases decades.
That includes people with settled status who are part of our communities, raising families, working and contributing to our economy.
Once again, the establishment parties are all trying to outdo each other when it comes to who can be the most xenophobic, who can punch down the hardest to the most vulnerable in our country, and who can cut the most support from disabled people.
It is cowardly to take from the most defenceless when we should be taxing the super wealthy including those who are in the privileged position of accepting £5m donations.
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