Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms

Reform leader claims ‘anti-whiteness is institutionalised’ in UK as polls suggest Labour have lead in Makerfield

Nigel Farage said he would ban foreign nationals from social housing and then deport them if they could not find private sector homes, in a hardening of anti-immigration rhetoric before the Makerfield byelection .

It comes as two new polls in Makerfield suggests Farage’s Reform UK continues to leak potentially crucial support to its far-right rival Restore Britain, which is led by the former Reform MP Rupert Lowe .

On Sunday, Farage used his first post on a new Substack account to try to appeal to Makerfield voters tempted by Restore which has an even more extremist stance on immigration than Reform.

In an essay that mentions white people more than 60 times, Farage says: “Thanks to the mass migration policies of Conservative and Labour governments, white Brits will become a minority in this country before the end of the century.”

He writes: “Anti-whiteness is institutionalised into every aspect of public life.” And he says Reform will ban foreign nationals from welfare including social housing. He adds: “Foreign nationals who are unable to relocate to private rented accommodation after a three-month grace period will lose their right to remain and be liable for deportation.”

Farage vowed that “veterans and long-term local residents will be preferenced for social housing” if he were in power.

In his 6,800 word essay, Farage also describes the result of diversity, equity and inclusion policies as a “deeply sinister act of social cleansing” and confirms Reform’s plans to abolish the Equality Act. He says: “No recruitment, training or promotion policies that favour one group over another will be lawful: we will restore meritocracy so your skin colour, sex, age or sexuality has no bearing on your job prospects or treatment as an employee.”