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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Noah Vickers

Government told to loosen restrictions preventing migrant households claiming benefits

‘No recourse to public funds’ prevents most migrants on temporary visas from accessing welfare support - (PA Wire)

Almost 37,000 migrant households in London are living in poverty because they are not entitled to benefits, a report has warned.

The research, published by the Trust for London, found that a further 120,000 such households are “at risk of destitution”.

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