Asylum seekers with the right to work account for less than 8pc of those in accommodation, unless I’ve misunderstood something (8,500 currently have work visas, according to the Home Office)
She explained it this morning on Laura K, and repeatedly said the numbers are small (and didn’t imply increasing them) - but essentially it’s about the statutory requirement to provide being flexed, because we have work conditions for British citizens and she wants to even up when right is given.
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Essentially she wants an answer to the question of ‘if they have the right to work, why do they still get benefits, when mine would be taken away’ which may be only true for 8.5k people (and is only £39) but I think, for Mahmood, it’s a broader principle thing.