Asylum seekers bumped to top of council housing list | UK

Asylum seekers are being prioritised for council housing by a Labour-run council, The Telegraph can reveal.

Homeless people in Edinburgh who have effectively had their asylum claims approved have been moved to the top of the waiting list for social housing under a policy instituted in April 2025.

Since then, ordinary applicants – those who are not considered disabled, homeless or at risk of violence – have had their requests put on hold so the council can use its housing stock to accommodate the city’s growing homeless population.

Meanwhile, applications for newly arrived asylum seekers who have been granted permission to remain in Britain but are homeless have continued to be processed.

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u/BookmarksBrother — 2 months ago

The National Bank predicts an over 11% wage increase in Ukraine in response to the labor shortage and against the backdrop of further population outflow.

11% year on year wage increases on the back of labor shortages.

Any wonder why mass migration is a policy everywhere in the west?

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u/BookmarksBrother — 2 months ago
▲ 546 r/EconomicHistory+1 crossposts

Between 1792 and 1815, more than 10% of British men ended up in the army or navy. The resulting labor scarcity - combined with abundance of skilled mechanics - drove technology diffusion and grew British productivity in the long run. (CEPR, July 2026)

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u/BookmarksBrother — 3 months ago
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Andy Burnham: Volodymyr, you are the first leader I have welcomed in person since taking office and that is no accident. It is intended to send very clear message: We are with Ukraine 100%

u/BookmarksBrother — 3 months ago

Trans woman BEGS to return to the US after fleeing Trump's America to be placed in notorious Islamic asylum center in the Netherlands: 'I will be hurt or killed'

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u/BookmarksBrother — 3 months ago