Reform's pledge to ban foreign nationals from welfare system branded 'cowardly'

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking during a press conference at Royal Horseguards Hotel in central London. (Image: James Manning/PA)

REFORM UK have pledged to ban most foreign nationals from claiming most types of welfare.

The ban would cover European Union nationals with settled status in the UK, something that would require Nigel Farage’s party to renegotiate the Brexit deal with Brussels and potentially lead to British citizens living in the EU losing equivalent rights.