
UK Conservatives pledge social housing ban for foreign nationals
Britain’s Conservative Party has pledged to end access to social housing in England for foreign nationals if it wins the next general election. The proposal would stop new tenancies for foreign nationals and review current tenancies for couples where neither person is a UK, Irish or EU citizen. The party estimates the policy could make about 228,000 homes available for British families. Labour called the plan unworkable, while current rules already exclude asylum seekers and people whose immigration status bars access to public funds.