Farage’s plan to scrap indefinite leave to remain dismissed as ‘unworkable stunt based on dodgy maths’
Warning Farage’s migrant plan would lead to crippling labour shortages
- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced plans to abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) for new applicants, claiming the current system has "betrayed democracy".
- Farage said that this policy would generate substantial savings, exceeding £230bn, and claimed that half of the targeted migrants are not working.
- However, the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) said its £230bn savings figure should no longer be used, and experts questioned Farage's statistics on migrant employment.
- Migration charities, think tanks, and the care industry widely condemned the proposals as an "unworkable stunt based on dodgy maths", warning of severe economic disruption and crippling labour shortages.
- Critics also pointed out that the plans would exempt EU citizens from a proposed benefits ban, limiting its impact on Universal Credit claimants, and would undermine the security of those legally settled in the UK.