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2024-08-13 13:06:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A1CDADBC0B4E5DBAB8313E60213DF956A34E2B060ACAB1ABBDB77B2E2E3CD36D
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Immigrants are not prioritised over British Citizens for social housing. This is not current policy or in any proposed changes to policy. The vast majority of councils have adopted local connection tests and 90% of social homes go to British nationals. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/28/british-homes-for-british-workers-empty-century-old-xenophobic-slogan#:~:text=Figures%20show%20that%2090%25%20of,and%2082%25%20to%20white%20people. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13733923/amp/Angela-Rayner-abandons-plans-priority-British-citizens-migrants-council-house-waiting-lists.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/08/10/angela-rayner-social-housing-migrants-drop-restrictions/
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