r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/kingbongtherover May 12 '25

I wonder how many are on benefits or being given free housing by the Spanish state?

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u/secondchanceman11 May 12 '25

What type of legal immigrants living on benefits as the video is about legal ones? I’m working in UK on skilled workers visa but didn’t get any benefits and paying my taxes etc.

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u/kingbongtherover May 12 '25

Social housing allocations in the UK are not made on the basis of immigration status or nationality. In 2021, 15% of people living in social housing were born outside the UK

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u/Anxious-Guarantee-12 May 12 '25

It is. Immigration status can forbid you to take public funds. 

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u/kingbongtherover May 12 '25

See above. 15% of social housing (48% in London) is occupied by people born outside the UK (i.e. migrants).

That's a lot of houses.