[Politics] Are Labour going to turn this country around?

[darkwolf666]

Things are turning.

UK economy grew more than expected in first three months of year

The economy grew by 0.7% between January and March, official figures show.

www.bbc.co.uk

This can't be right Shirley, I thought Labour had tanked the economy!

 

[carlzeiss]

A lot of the crime isn’t petty.

You are not wrong there

Man denies murder of asylum hotel worker Rhiannon Skye Whyte

Deng Chol Majek appears in court over the death of Rhiannon Skye Whyte, injured in Walsall in October.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[TomandJerry]

"Business investment is up nearly 6% on the quarter and the service sector is doing well as well."

Good stuff

 

[darkwolf666]

They are only staying in hotels as a temporary measure until they can be found housing within the general population.
5 years minimum rent free accommodation with all utility bills paid for might also be an attractive proposition to people other than migrants who are finding their current economic situation challenging

Landlords offered five-year full rent deals to house asylum seekers

Landlords in parts of England are being offered five-year ‘full rent’ agreements to provide homes for asylum seekers, according to a new report.

landlordknowledge.co.uk

I think you are reading that wrong, for whatever reason.

It is Landlords that are being offered 5 year contracts to house asylum seekers. Once the asylum seeker's case is processed they will be moved into the general system, as per this guidance...

Asylum support

How to apply for asylum support if you're waiting to find out if you'll be given asylum in the UK

www.gov.uk

 

[carlzeiss]

I think you are reading that wrong, for whatever reason.

It is Landlords that are being offered 5 year contracts to house asylum seekers. Once the asylum seeker's case is processed they will be moved into the general system, as per this guidance...

Asylum support

How to apply for asylum support if you're waiting to find out if you'll be given asylum in the UK

www.gov.uk

Yes that is correct , the contract is between the Landlord and Serco while the migrants stays for 5 years rent free

 

[darkwolf666]

Yes that is correct , the contract is between the Landlord and Serco while the migrants stays for 5 years rent free

No they won't, their claim will be processed and if granted leave to stay they will then go into the housing mix with everybody else...

 

[carlzeiss]

No they won't, their claim will be processed and if granted leave to stay they will then go into the housing mix with everybody else...

So who will move into the house or flat when the migrant is moved out into council accommodation

 

[BadFish]

They are only staying in hotels as a temporary measure until they can be found housing within the general population.
5 years minimum rent free accommodation with all utility bills paid for might also be an attractive proposition to people other than migrants who are finding their current economic situation challenging

Landlords offered five-year full rent deals to house asylum seekers

Landlords in parts of England are being offered five-year ‘full rent’ agreements to provide homes for asylum seekers, according to a new report.

landlordknowledge.co.uk

The initiative, revealed by The Daily Telegraph - A red flag

according to a new report - another red flag

I couldn't see either the report named or a link to said report in that article.

I'll be honest though, I didn't do much more than scan after those two massive red flags so happy to be proven wrong, if you can link to it or tell me what its called of course.

 

[BadFish]

I think you are reading that wrong, for whatever reason.

It is Landlords that are being offered 5 year contracts to house asylum seekers. Once the asylum seeker's case is processed they will be moved into the general system, as per this guidance...

Asylum support

How to apply for asylum support if you're waiting to find out if you'll be given asylum in the UK

www.gov.uk

That makes much more sense.

 

[Bodian]

So who will move into the house or flat when the migrant is moved out into council accommodation

Another asylum seeker. It's not the same asylum seeker for five years, it's a contract to let the place to asylum seekers and the contract lasts five years. Bit like student accomodation - you agree to let your house to students for five years, but they'll be different students every year.

 

[SouthSaxon]

So who will move into the house or flat when the migrant is moved out into council accommodation

Time for a fact check. Asylum seekers are not generally eligible for council housing. There are a few extreme circumstances, such as domestic violence, where exceptions are made.

Councils tend to have local connection criteria for any applicant - this has been the case for years - which means even UK citizens can’t just apply anywhere they want.

https://www.cih.org/blogs/dispelling-myths-about-migrants-and-housing/

 

[carlzeiss]

Another asylum seeker. It's not the same asylum seeker for five years, it's a contract to let the place to asylum seekers and the contract lasts five years. Bit like student accomodation - you agree to let your house to students for five years, but they'll be different students every year.

Correct , so for 5 years (at least ) the accommodation is only available for migrants and where do the previous tenants go to ?

Evicted for Profit? The Legal and Moral Cost of Migrant Housing Schemes in the UK | Charity Today News

It’s a development that, while technically lawful, has sparked profound questions about fairness, priorities, and the unintended consequences of a system

www.charitytoday.co.uk

“The Home Office remains legally obligated to ensure asylum seekers are not left destitute while their claims are considered.”

However, while the Home Office claims it is “restoring order”, these very actions are contributing to chaos for legally-based tenants across the UK—many of whom are being evicted to accommodate these state-backed changes. This growing discontent highlights the stark imbalance between migration policy priorities and the rights of law-abiding citizens who find themselves displaced through no fault of their own.

 

[darkwolf666]

So who will move into the house or flat when the migrant is moved out into council accommodation

Potentially another asylum seeker awaiting processing - which as you know, is totally different to what you said/inferred, "people coming to the UK to apply for asylum and get 5 years rent and utility free accommodation"...

With your grasp of spin, you would make an excellent (Reform) politician...!

 

[carlzeiss]

With your grasp of spin, you would make an excellent (Reform) politician...!

I'll take that as a compliment and get back to work

 

[BadFish]

I think you are reading that wrong, for whatever reason.

It is Landlords that are being offered 5 year contracts to house asylum seekers. Once the asylum seeker's case is processed they will be moved into the general system, as per this guidance...

Asylum support

How to apply for asylum support if you're waiting to find out if you'll be given asylum in the UK

www.gov.uk

Those landlords are doing very well out of the situation too.

Asylum hotel firms vow to hand back some profits

Three companies have made combined profits of £383m since 2019, according to the National Audit Office.

www.bbc.com

They also allegedly have close links to the Tory party that gave them the contracts in the first place.
https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1316444006944051201

So why do they keep getting these lovely, lucrative contracts?

We don’t know the answer to that. But a ‘revolving door’ between Serco and the UK government has been noticed. The company CEO is Rupert Soames, (grandson of Tory MP Winston Churchill, son of Tory MP Christopher Soames, brother of Tory MP Nicholas Soames). Tory MP for Charnwood, Edward Argar is currently a junior health minister and has also held a post at the Ministry of Justice. Before he became an MP in 2015, he was head of public affairs at Serco UK and Europe.

But no, we can’t be sure why this company with strong links to the Tory party is frequently handed contracts by the Tory government even though it so often seems to do a terrible job.

We need to talk about Serco

Serco the company that’s been paid billions of pounds to run a track and trace programme that doesn’t work.

centralbylines.co.uk

Not just the Tories though, Labour have been sitting down with Blackrock (major investor in Serco)


I just don't get how people can think that these companies are giving away luxury freebies to the asylum seekers. Isn't it far more likely that they are taking your tax money and turning them into profits for themselves and their shareholders? (with the help from their alleged contacts in the Tory party).

 

[darkwolf666]

I'll take that as a compliment and get back to work

Nice talking to you Nigel, enjoy Wembley...

 

[BadFish]

I'll take that as a compliment and get back to work

I would . . . try and style it out!!

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

I'll take that as a compliment and get back to work

You are easily pleased.
i find it ironic that your source (The telegraph) is owned by a company in Abu Dhabi, a bunch of foreigners telling a racist what to think ….

 

[Machiavelli]

"Business investment is up nearly 6% on the quarter and the service sector is doing well as well."

Good stuff

I (and maybe a few others) would be interested if:
-- you got that 'fact' from the Telegraph, and
-- whether such facts feature in any article the Telegraph publishes on economic growth, and whether, for instance, they report that the UK's Q1 growth is the highest in the G7?

I say this as someone who thinks that Labour's stress on achieving growth was a hostage to fortune in a low growth environment, and who thinks that growth rates will be low in Qs2-4. But we shall see.

 

[abc]

We all know what happened the last time a PM tried to play this game with Farage.

We ended up having a ludicrous referendum on EU membership. Lost it. And crashed the UK.

Keir Starmer was so promising. Turns out he is a Tory.

I am not sure who or what Starmer is. His attacks on business were very old Labour whilst the heating allowance debacle and the slashing of benefits (yet to play out fully I feel) would have been shocking if made by a Tory gov. His anti immigration rhetoric has been quietly accepted by many of those who would have been apoplectic if made by Farage.

If Starmer was taking the best of old Labour, Tory and Reform ideology then I would be hopeful. But he appears to be taking the worst which means he is either completely incompetent or very worrying