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IMMIGRANTS will go to the back of the housing queue under plans to head off a flood of new arrivals.
David Cameron is to change the law to ensure families who have lived here for years get top priority.
The PM will unveil a package of measures to stop Britain becoming a “soft touch” for migrants.
It will include tighter rules on access to health care, benefits, legal aid and other taxpayer-funded services.
Under new rules, councils will be forced to introduce a residency test when allocating homes.
Only those who have lived in the community for two to five years will be allowed on the waiting list.
This will stop someone from turning up and being given instant access to a council house.
A Whitehall source said: “We will stop people coming to get benefits without putting anything in.”
Mr Cameron will vow to change the system within MONTHS before the door is opened to 29 million Bulgarians and Romanians who get full EU rights in January.
Millions of Brits are stuck on council house waiting lists while migrants leapfrog them.
Mr Cameron is also to announce a crackdown on benefit and health tourism in a speech tomorrow.
There will be tough curbs on NHS treatment — to stop thousands flocking here for free ops.
A source said: “We want to be both fair and welcoming but not a soft touch.”
Rocketing immigration has already left schools, hospitals, police and housing at full stretch.
Mr Cameron has vowed to get net migration— currently at a 163,000 a year — below 100,000 by 2015.
Official estimates say 12,770 Bulgarians and Romanians will arrive each year but campaigners MigrationWatch UK say it will be nearer 50,000.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...ck-of-the-UK-housing-queue.html#ixzz2OSoM3Jg3
David Cameron is to change the law to ensure families who have lived here for years get top priority.
The PM will unveil a package of measures to stop Britain becoming a “soft touch” for migrants.
It will include tighter rules on access to health care, benefits, legal aid and other taxpayer-funded services.
Under new rules, councils will be forced to introduce a residency test when allocating homes.
Only those who have lived in the community for two to five years will be allowed on the waiting list.
This will stop someone from turning up and being given instant access to a council house.
A Whitehall source said: “We will stop people coming to get benefits without putting anything in.”
Mr Cameron will vow to change the system within MONTHS before the door is opened to 29 million Bulgarians and Romanians who get full EU rights in January.
Millions of Brits are stuck on council house waiting lists while migrants leapfrog them.
Mr Cameron is also to announce a crackdown on benefit and health tourism in a speech tomorrow.
There will be tough curbs on NHS treatment — to stop thousands flocking here for free ops.
A source said: “We want to be both fair and welcoming but not a soft touch.”
Rocketing immigration has already left schools, hospitals, police and housing at full stretch.
Mr Cameron has vowed to get net migration— currently at a 163,000 a year — below 100,000 by 2015.
Official estimates say 12,770 Bulgarians and Romanians will arrive each year but campaigners MigrationWatch UK say it will be nearer 50,000.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...ck-of-the-UK-housing-queue.html#ixzz2OSoM3Jg3