We can fund the low income families, or we can penalise them by forcing them into criminality.
And therefore fund the justice system to deal with them and accommodate them.
My preference is to maintain, even improve the safety net.
Obviously. That’s what we are talking about.Only those eligible.
No. Pension credit applies to those granted asylum as long as they are of pensionable age, obviously!
So about 1,500 granted ILR might be eligible to Pension Credit.
EVERY refugee granted asylum is a potential draw from the pension credit pot, if not now, then certainly in the future. I doubt if many of them will build up the required number of complete years NI subscriptions, do you? In any case, it’s not about immigrants. It’s about the work shy and feckless indigenous population that will be getting pension credit.So about 1,500 granted ILR might be eligible to Pension Credit.
But they have to be in UK for 5 years or more before they can claim.
And let's not forget the restrictions: limited to 4 weeks outside of UK.
You’re assuming incorrectly. I take it you didn’t see all the programmes on the news/TV a few weeks ago where independent asylum 'advisors' were advising asylum seekers to lie about being gay? They were being coached and attended 'gay' meetings (where nobody was gay) to have photos taken to build up a cover story. Definitely not deserved.
It probably is, sadly. Unfortunately it's also unsustainable.
It had nothing whatsoever to do with the gay community. It’s not an obsession. It’s a fact that was big news not long ago. I don’t share your obsession of sticking my head in the sand when confronted with facts that don’t suit my narrative.
www.bbc.co.uk
I face them all, regardless.
They have electoral leverage because a greater proportion of them vote. They paid their stamps, and are funding their kids’ mortgages. Bloody ingrates.
