Key facts
- Nigel Farage proposed banning foreign nationals from social housing.
- Foreign nationals would have three months to find private accommodation or face deportation.
- Veterans and long-term local residents would be prioritized for social housing.
- Farage also suggested capping foreign doctor recruitment and abolishing the Equality Act.
- The proposals come amid competition from rival party Restore Britain ahead of the Makerfield byelection.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has proposed a policy to ban foreign nationals from social housing, requiring them to find private accommodation within three months or face possible deportation. In a 6,800-word essay, Farage argued that "anti-white racism was embedded into the state" and that "anti-whiteness is institutionalised into every aspect of public life." He stated that veterans and long-term local residents would be prioritized for social housing. Farage also suggested capping foreign doctor recruitment and abolishing the Equality Act. The proposals come as polls indicate Reform UK is losing support to the rival party Restore Britain ahead of the Makerfield byelection. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy criticized Farage's comments as "nasty hate and anger and division," while Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey called them "the politics of grievance and division."