FAIR WELFARE
The British welfare system exists as a social contract. A contract between generations and many successive governments. That promise is you work, you contribute, and when you need it, the system is there for you and your family. That’s how it was. That’s how it should be. That’s how it was meant to be. But that promise has been broken.
Successive governments have allowed immigrants access to our welfare system immediately. Do not believe the “immigrants have restrictions for 5 years” lie. Firstly, it is often much shorter than 5 years. Secondly, “No Recourse to Public funds” (NRPF) are often challenged - and overturned. Lastly, even with NRPF in place, access is still available for many benefits is still, including free childcare placements, bereavement allowance, and may more.
This isn’t fairness. A system designed to provide stability is now spiralling into uncertainty. We won’t stand by and let it collapse.
Problems
Unfair Access to Welfare
We’ve all seen how quickly welfare access is granted—sometimes in just one year, sometimes immediately. First-generation migrants can access welfare benefits after as little as 1 to 5 years, with some securing full access even sooner due to NRPF overturns and ILR approvals.
A System Under Pressure
Welfare spending is projected to rise from £285.7 billion to £360.7 billion by 2028/29.
Denial of services to lifelong taxpayers, providing everything recent arrivals.
British taxpayers have funded this system their entire lives, yet they are made to stand at the back of the queue. Meanwhile, newcomers who have not contributed are granted access ahead of them.
Solutions
20-Year Contribution Requirement for Welfare Access
No one should be able to take from the system unless they have paid into it long enough to sustain it. First-generation migrants will need to contribute for 20 years before accessing welfare benefits.
Scrap IHS payments and require all immigrants to pay full fees for all NHS services
IHS fees are currently 1,000 pounds a year. Compared to the 4,500 a year the NHS says the average person costs each year – let alone someone from a country with noprevious healthcare – is not sustainable, and too unfairly weighted against British interests.
Full Transparency on Welfare Spending
The government will be required to publish detailed, public reports on welfare spending for first-generation migrants, and their dependants.
If you are an immigrant who came to this country to work, contribute, integrate, and build a better life for your family – as countless people have sworn– then this policy will not affect you. If you came here, or continue to be here, only at the expense of the British taxpayer, your presence is no longer required, and your funding will be cut.
No more slashes to British public services until you have slashed access to those who have only recently arrived. It’s not personal, it’s not racism, it’s fairness.