Scrap UK rule that has left 1m migrant workers at risk of destitution, say MPs

No recourse to public funds rule should be suspended during pandemic, says cross-party group

Immigration rules that have left 1 million migrant workers in the UK at risk of destitution because they cannot claim universal credit should be suspended on public health grounds during the pandemic, a cross-party group of MPs has recommended.

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