The Reform UK leader set out his plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain
Nigel Farage has defended banning dependants for migrant care workers, saying itâs wrong to prioritise foreign families over British taxpayers struggling to access GPs.
Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK leader declared Britain âcanât affordâ to provide health care and education for dependants of migrants over Britons.
Speaking at a press conference today, Mr Farage announced the party would âabolish indefinite leave to remainâ in a crack down on legal migration.
He stated: âWe will not only say that these people do not qualify for indefinite leave to remain, we will abolish indefinite leave to remain as a category in this countryâ.
Nigel Farage has declared Britain âcanât affordâ migrants bringing dependants with them to the UK
Doubling down on his policy, the Reform leader told GB News: âNearly a million people over the course of the next few years will qualify for indefinite leave to remain, they are part of the Boris wave. Once they get that status, they can bring dependants.
âOnce they get that status, they can access fully all the welfare benefits in this country. Already, one in six on Universal Credit are foreign born people. This is going to bankrupt us.â
Highlighting that his priority is the British people, he added: âSo what weâre saying is people wonât get indefinite leave to remain and that benefits and welfare should be for UK citizens.
âThe separate debate is we need foreign workers, and if we do, thatâs fine, they can come under a special visa, they can work. But they canât bring dependants. They canât be a burden on the system.â
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced plans to abolish indefinite leave to remain |Â GB NEWS
Pointing out that there is a particular âcrisisâ within the care sector, GB News Political Correspondent Olivia Utley pressed the Reform leader on âhow he will get the right number of workers to staff the careâ if female workers cannot bring their children.
Mr Farage explained: âBy having a proper visa system in Britain, we become like most normal countries around the world. Coming to work should not automatically entitle you to settle and bring your family.
âWe canât afford it. If someone comes to work in the care sector and brings children with them, we have to educate them, we have to provide them with health care. We canât do it and itâs all the wrong way around.â
Defending Britons further, he stated: âAll the questions I get from journalists ask âwhat about people coming into Britain from abroad?â, well what about people here?
Mr Farage told GB News that Reform will âfind care workers in Britain and from around the world who come without dependentsâ
âWhat about people here who canât access GP services because of the exploding population, what about people here who were paying their taxes so that benefits can go to those that werenât born in this country? So weâre asking for a rethink in terms of how we do this.â
Criticising the impact of mass low-skilled workers into Britain, Mr Farage said Reform will âfind care workers in Britain and from around the world who come without dependentsâ.
He stated: âMass unskilled and semi-skilled foreign labour has driven wages down so that the minimum wage becomes the maximum wage. And if people were able to see a benefit to them of coming off welfare payments and going to work, youâd find more people going to work.
âWeâre doing five year renewable visas. So if youâve done your five years, youâve obeyed the law, youâve paid your taxes, and we renew your visa for five more years, youâve proven that you can be an asset to this country.â


