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Charity says Reform UK’s plan to prioritise British-born workers for social housing are ‘designed to stoke division’– UK politics live

Shelter warn plans would ‘tear communities apart’ as Labour says proposed policy goes after long-term UK residents including NHS staff Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing o

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The Guardian
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England / United Kingdom
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 12:50 UTC
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Martin Belam (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)
Section
Politics
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Shelter warn plans would ‘tear communities apart’ as Labour says proposed policy goes after long-term UK residents including NHS staff Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing o
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    Charity says Reform UK’s plan to prioritise British-born workers for social housing are ‘designed to stoke division’– UK politics live

    Shelter warn plans would ‘tear communities apart’ as Labour says proposed policy goes after long-term UK residents including NHS staff Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing o

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    Charity says Reform UK’s plan to prioritise British-born workers for social housing are ‘designed to stoke division’– UK politics live

    Shelter warn plans would ‘tear communities apart’ as Labour says proposed policy goes after long-term UK residents including NHS staff Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing o

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    Shelter warn plans would ‘tear communities apart’ as Labour says proposed policy goes after long-term UK residents including NHS staff Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing o

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    Charity says Reform UK’s plan to prioritise British-born workers for social housing are ‘designed to stoke division’– UK politics live

    Shelter warn plans would ‘tear communities apart’ as Labour says proposed policy goes after long-term UK residents including NHS staff Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing o

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    Shelter warn plans would ‘tear communities apart’ as Labour says proposed policy goes after long-term UK residents including NHS staff Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing or social housing. He says that Reform’s government would “put British people fi

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    Minister tells social media firms to take down dangerous driving content in wake of fatal A66 crash in Middlesbrough – UK politics live

    Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing or social housing. He says that Reform’s government would “put Briti

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    Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is first up to speak. He says young people in his constituency – and in many areas across the country – have “absolutely no chance” of securing council housing or social housing. He says that Reform’s government would “put Briti

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    Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving Reform UK will use a press conference that is due to begin at 11am to announce its pledge to prioritise British-born workers under 35 when allocating social housing. We will bring you the key lines from the conference, fronted by deputy leader, Richard Tice, and the party’

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    Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving As we outlined in the opening post, the government has told TikTok and other social media companies to remove content featuring a social media trend showing people driving the wrong way down roads. It is worth mentioning that TikTok is already under investigation by Ofcom,

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    Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving The Times is reporting that the Green Party will consider adopting an official policy to remove Tasers and pepper spray from police officers. The proposal, drawn up by the party’s crime and justice working group before the October conference, says the Greens should pledge

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    Minister tells social media firms to take down dangerous driving content in wake of fatal A66 crash in Middlesbrough – UK politics live

    Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving The government has promised that business rate valuations will be “made fairer” for pubs and hotels in England and Wales, as Andy Burnham faces growing calls to help the UK’s struggling hospitality sector. An independent review for England and Wales will look at improving

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    Minister tells social media firms to take down dangerous driving content in wake of fatal A66 crash in Middlesborough – UK politics live

    Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving The prime minister will use the trip to Kyiv to announce that the UK government will allow the European defence company MBDA to declassify information about UK-made components of the Anglo-French Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles to help Ukraine build its own version. While the

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