UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to

Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcementA low-paid carer from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is legally entitled to, including the disability allowance one of her children receives, owing to fears about her immigration status after the policy changes announced by the home secretary.The radical changes to legal migration announced by Shabana Mahmood on 20 November will penalise those who are living and working legally in the UK, but who claim benefits. Continue reading...