Nigel Farage has announced plans to ban foreign nationals from social housing and deport those unable to find private-sector homes within three months, as the Reform UK leader intensifies anti-immigration rhetoric ahead of the Makerfield byelection. In a lengthy Substack essay, Farage claimed 'anti-whiteness is institutionalised' in the UK and warned that white Britons would become a minority by the end of the century under current migration policies.
Farage's proposals include prioritising veterans and long-term local residents for social housing, abolishing the Equality Act, and capping the recruitment of foreign doctors. He also called for university admissions to be 'purely meritocratic' to prevent white students being disadvantaged. The essay, which mentioned white people over 60 times, made no direct reference to the far-right Restore Britain party, which is splitting the right-wing vote in the byelection.
Recent polls suggest Labour's Andy Burnham holds a lead over Reform in Makerfield, with Restore Britain polling at 5-8%. The Mail on Sunday reported that Restore activists had attended a neo-Nazi summit, a claim dismissed by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe, who now leads Restore. Farage's comments drew criticism from Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, who called them 'nasty hate and anger', and from Shelter CEO Sarah Elliott, who described the plan as 'racist and morally wrong'.
