Fury as Boris Johnson fails to understand government’s own immigration policy

Boris Johnson has prompted fury after wrongly suggesting all migrants barred from state support under the Home Office’s no recourse to public funds (NRPF) policy are in the UK unlawfully.

The prime minister has rejected calls for the NRPF condition to be suspended during the pandemic, backing up this decision by

“In my area it’s one of the factors in the spread of the pandemic. People can’t stop working because they can’t claim social security so they have to carry on working.”