GB News host Martin Daubney has expressed his outrage at startling new data showing that in some London boroughs, more than three-quarters of social housing is occupied by residents not born in the UK.
The figures, based on Office for National Statistics census data, paint a stark picture of social housing distribution across the capital.
In Brent, which tops the list, 61 per cent of social housing is occupied by non-UK household heads, with British nationals accounting for just 39 per cent.
Westminster follows closely behind, with 59.7 per cent of social housing allocated to non-UK household heads, while British-born nationals make up 40.3 per cent.
Martin Daubney has expressed his outrage at new data on social housing in London boroughs
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Haringey and Ealing also show significant disparities, with non-UK born residents occupying 59.1 per cent and 57.9 per cent of social housing respectively.
The data reveals that across England and Wales as a whole, 19.2 per cent of social housing is occupied by those born overseas.
According to the analysis presented on GB News, fourteen London boroughs now feature more foreign-born than British-born residents in social housing.
Reacting to the figures on GB News, Martin described the findings as “fascinating” and “mind blowing”.
Fourteen London boroughs now feature more foreign-born than British-born residents in social housing
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“These are foreigners in British social housing,” he stated.
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“Quite astonishing stuff, these are tens and tens and tens of thousands of people born overseas, being given social housing, which presumably then won’t go to Brits,” Martin added.
The host emphasised that this was the first time such comprehensive data had revealed the full extent of overseas-born social housing occupancy.
“We have taken a deep dive into the shocking data for social housing across the United Kingdom, England and Wales,” he explained.
Political commentator Mike Jones explained that the data comes from the 2021 census, gathered through questionnaires, administrative data and door-to-door inquiries.
Jones analysed the data on GB News
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Jones noted that an anonymous internet user had collated the information and linked it to geographic software to create visual representations of the housing distribution.
He pointed out that in Brent, which has the highest percentage of non-UK born residents in social housing, approximately 50 per cent of occupants are unemployed.
“It’s a scarce resource,” Jones told GB News. “Obviously you’d expect to have higher social housing occupancy if you’ve got a higher number of foreign born people in that particular region.”
However, he challenged the economic argument for large-scale immigration.
“The whole argument for large scale immigration is that it’s all sugar and spice and all things nice. It’s a sort of greases the wheels of the economy,” he said.
“But what this data shows is that a scarce resource is going to people born overseas,” Jones concluded.
