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Reform UK’s threat to ban all foreign nationals from claiming welfare in the UK, including those with indefinite leave to remain, which would tear up Britain’s EU withdrawal agreement, shows the party is increasingly out of touch which what Brits really want, campaigners have said.
The party has announced that, under a Reform UK government, foreign nationals would be banned from claiming almost all kinds of benefits in the UK, which would require renegotiating the UK’s Brexit deal with the European Union (EU) and put British expatriates’ equivalent rights in Europe at risk.
Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick – who was immigration minister under Rishi Sunak – claimed: “Forcing British workers to pay for the benefits of foreigners is not just economically illiterate but plain immoral.”
Tom Brufatto, Executive Director of Policy & Research at Best for Britain, said:
“Our polling shows that people do want to renegotiate our relationship with Europe, but by moving closer, not by damaging ties with vital allies and punishing our neighbours, colleagues, and friends who have settled status here.
“It’s clear after the party’s lacklustre showing in the Clacton by-election, much to Nigel Farage’s evident embarrassment, Reform UK is increasingly out of touch with what Brits really want – which is to get the economy growing again, as independent economic research shows only EU membership can deliver.”