Petition Eligibility for Benefits in Britain

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In order for new claimants to be eligible for benefits, make it a minimum requirement that they have been resident in this country for at least 12 years. This should be applied equally to all seeking benefits, whether they are born in UK, British, EU immigrants or non EU immigrants. In this way the European Union cannot object and future benefits claims would be more restricted and controlled.
Furthermore, review all current claimants who do not meet the above criteria, examine their visas, residency status and situation with a view to withdraw benefits where applicable and reasonable. i.e. If a claimant has been in this country for less than two years, should they be on benefits?

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

30 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 30 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 7 March 2014
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