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The values of tolerance and openness that I hold dear are under threat across the UK. This has been made worse by the fact that local communities with high level of immigration have not been given the funds they need to support their public services.
Will you ask Chancellor Philip Hammond to restore the Migrant Impact Fund: the £50m pot for councils to ease pressure on housing, schools and hospitals, in the Government’s Autumn Budget? It is being organised by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) and Christine Jardine (Lib Dem) with the help of cross-party campaign group More United and following a public survey in which more than 17,200 people from across the UK took part (Nicky Morgan (Conservative) Chairs the Treasury Select Committee - which examines the Government’s Budget decisions- she isn’t taking part in this part of our campaign but remains involved in our wider immigration campaign).
The Migration Impact Fund was set up several years ago in response to local government claims that they needed central help to deal with unexpected pressure on housing, schools and hospitals.
The scope and operation of its replacement, the Controlling Migration Fund, has proven insufficient. The CMF has provided funding to help councils address the problem of rogue landlords, homelessness and the number of teaching assistants. But, the CMF cannot be used to supplement or support the provision of public services such as healthcare, something many of those calling for the introduction of the fund argued was essential.
The Home Affairs Select Committee has itself concluded that the scope of the CMF is not sufficient to address the additional pressures that rapid increases in population as a result of immigration can place on local public services, or that conventional channels of public spending are sufficiently responsive to such increased demands.
I am one of more than 17,200 people who has taken part in a More United survey to identify which measures will help restore trust in the UK’s immigration system. The result was an overwhelming consensus to restore funds to support councils experiencing unusual flows in migration. We believe that the Migrant Impact Fund should be restored and improved.
Please will you, as my MP, write to Philip Hammond to ask him to restore the Migrant Impact Fund to support councils to ease pressure on housing, schools and hospitals?
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