Politics
Reform UK proposes welfare ban for EU citizens with settled status
Party's £50bn savings plan would require renegotiating the Withdrawal Agreement and could strip rights from over 700,000 EU nationals on Universal Credit
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Robert Jenrick
Reform UK economy spokesman, Reform UK
What we have reported
- Set out the party's welfare overhaul proposals in a speech, claiming they would save £21bn annually by year five and require long-term benefit claimants to work 20 hours weekly for their community.
- Received a £75,000 donation from a UK company funded via British Virgin Islands loans, which he called perfectly legal.
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