Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing

The Conservatives have said they would end the provision of social housing for foreign nationals in England if they win power at the next election.

The party said ending new tenancies for all foreign nationals, as well as current tenancies for couples where neither person is a UK, Irish or EU citizen, would free up an estimated 228,144 homes for British families.

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