Petition · past parliament

Equal access to social security - scrap "no recourse to public funds"

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

"No recourse to public funds" (NRPF) conditions discriminate against foreign citizens and their children accessing social security. This policy leaves workers and their families without a safety net, traps victims of domestic abuse, and denies school meals to impoverished children. It must end.
A social safety net only works if it's there for everyone. NRPF discrimination leaves workers & children homeless, hungry & destitute. By creating insecurity it undermines wages for everyone.

At a hearing on 27 May, Stephen Timms MP described the plight of a family left with zero support during COVID-19, and reported at least 100,000 children are affected.

Boris Johnson was shocked to hear about NRPF. The PM said those "who live and work here should have support".

We agree. End NRPF now.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

28 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
4 Aug 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Aug 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.