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Post by Toreador on Jun 20, 2023 15:01:11 GMT
Should British Nationals be given priority over migrants for council housing?. This is not a new idea, it's been tried before, but is it time to try it again?. Personally I think its a bit late because once Labour take control next year they are never going to allow UK citizens to be prioritised. So 13 years of Tory government and still no priority for British Nationals over migrants for council housing. It started under Prescott about 20 years ago when he arranged for councils to provide accommodation for asylum seekers. |
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Post by borchester on Jun 20, 2023 15:41:25 GMT
Should British Nationals be given priority over migrants for council housing?. This is not a new idea, it's been tried before, but is it time to try it again?. Personally I think its a bit late because once Labour take control next year they are never going to allow UK citizens to be prioritised. It is a thought.Immigrants tend to vote Labour so the brothers and sisters will continue to throw as many bungs as possible their way. On the other hand Starmer appears to be terrified of a backlash from a mildly conservative electorate that does not like immigrants to start with, so his response will be interesting.  |
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Post by Red Rackham on Jun 20, 2023 16:59:28 GMT
Should British Nationals be given priority over migrants for council housing?. This is not a new idea, it's been tried before, but is it time to try it again?. Personally I think its a bit late because once Labour take control next year they are never going to allow UK citizens to be prioritised. I listened to something about this earlier, and yes it should be the law that British people come before immigrants, not just in housing but everything, regardless of the queue Brits should be at the front, immigrants should be at the back. There should be no grey area. In fact this was on the front page a few years ago, I seem to remember at that time Labour MP Frank Field who I have a lot of time for, said there were too many foreigners in council houses and he was absolutely right, imagine how much worse it is today. |
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Post by zanygame on Jun 20, 2023 17:00:12 GMT
There is a simple answer though. Which is ? I’m sure we’m would all love to hear what wisdom you have acquired that has evaded our politicians for a good fifty years … Wisdom evading our politicians  |
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Post by zanygame on Jun 20, 2023 17:01:47 GMT
Should British Nationals be given priority over migrants for council housing?. This is not a new idea, it's been tried before, but is it time to try it again?. Personally I think its a bit late because once Labour take control next year they are never going to allow UK citizens to be prioritised. It depends who you are talking about. Immigrants who are awaiting processing do not get social housing. Asylum seekers that have been granted asylum should not be discriminated against. There is a simple answer though. Some sort of right to remain, but short of citizenship and its hard won perks? |
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Post by Handyman on Jun 20, 2023 18:40:31 GMT
A member of my family whose other half had run off and left her with three young kids had to rent substandard accommodation from private landlords on six months lets, she had to do that and wait for 10 years to be offered a Council flat.
New arrivals to the UK whose children went to the same school as two of her kids, were housed within months in a new estate of Council Town Houses with a parking bay.
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Post by Pacifico on Jun 20, 2023 21:42:35 GMT
A member of my family whose other half had run off and left her with three young kids had to rent substandard accommodation from private landlords on six months lets, she had to do that and wait for 10 years to be offered a Council flat. New arrivals to the UK whose children went to the same school as two of her kids, were housed within months in a new estate of Council Town Houses with a parking bay. Twas ever thus since the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 that jettisoned policies that favoured locals. Truly the death knell of the Council House. |
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Post by johnofgwent on Jun 21, 2023 5:59:50 GMT
It depends who you are talking about. Immigrants who are awaiting processing do not get social housing. Asylum seekers that have been granted asylum should not be discriminated against. There is a simple answer though. Some sort of right to remain, but short of citizenship and its hard won perks? Well that’s what we DO, actually. The words have been twisted over the years but until left leaning lawyers got their way we had exactly that. Except that there were no perks to citizenship and have never been any. |
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Post by sheepy on Jun 21, 2023 7:12:33 GMT
You can forget any of that nonsense, the globalists won't be having any of it.
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Post by zanygame on Jun 21, 2023 7:16:52 GMT
Some sort of right to remain, but short of citizenship and its hard won perks? Well that’s what we DO, actually. The words have been twisted over the years but until left leaning lawyers got their way we had exactly that. Except that there were no perks to citizenship and have never been any. The perks of citizenship in this scenario would be free health care and in and out of work benefits. |
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Post by Fairsociety on Jun 21, 2023 7:29:39 GMT
It doesn't matter what political party you vote for, or whether you swing to the left or the right, we should all agree there is something fundamentally wrong, and we should all agree they system is flawed when people can arrive illegally via dinghy and the British tax payers are obliged to foot their bill in hotels/accommodation and other perks.
These are people who have not done a days work in the UK, they've not contributed 1p to our tax system, so why are they allowed to take out what they've never put in?
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Post by Toreador on Jun 21, 2023 7:30:12 GMT
Well that’s what we DO, actually. The words have been twisted over the years but until left leaning lawyers got their way we had exactly that. Except that there were no perks to citizenship and have never been any. The perks of citizenship in this scenario would be free health care and in and out of work benefits. How are these paid for? |
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Post by zanygame on Jun 21, 2023 7:37:18 GMT
The perks of citizenship in this scenario would be free health care and in and out of work benefits. How are these paid for? I think you've come in late and missed my point. To answer you they are paid for by taxation but they were hard fought for and established by the citizens of this country. I was suggesting that those who arrive here from abroad don't automatically qualify for all of them (Such as health and benefits) until they have been here a while and obtain citizenship. |
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Post by Toreador on Jun 21, 2023 7:39:10 GMT
I think you've come in late and missed my point. To answer you they are paid for by taxation but they were hard fought for and established by the citizens of this country. I was suggesting that those who arrive here from abroad don't automatically qualify for all of them (Such as health and benefits) until they have been here a while and obtain citizenship. Who pays these taxes? |
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Post by zanygame on Jun 21, 2023 7:41:00 GMT
I think you've come in late and missed my point. To answer you they are paid for by taxation but they were hard fought for and established by the citizens of this country. I was suggesting that those who arrive here from abroad don't automatically qualify for all of them (Such as health and benefits) until they have been here a while and obtain citizenship. Who pays these taxes? To clarify? You don't know who pays taxes? |
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