Government moves to strip state benefits from serious criminals in hospital
New parliamentary regulations aim to stop killers and sex offenders detained in high security hospitals from claiming state benefits while receiving public care.
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Killers and serious sex offenders detained in hospitals will no longer be eligible to receive welfare benefits under new proposals laid before Parliament on Tuesday, BBC News reported. The legislation aims to end the double provision of public funds, which currently allows some high risk offenders to claim up to £800 a month in universal credit while in care. [1]
The campaign to change the rule was led by families of victims of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane, who was sentenced to a hospital order, according to BBC News. Emma Webber, the mother of victim Barnaby Webber, stated that she will demand ministers reallocate the saved money to support victims of crime. [1]
The government stated that closing this legal loophole is expected to save tens of millions of pounds every year, BBC News reported. [1]
In short
- Regulations laid in Parliament seek to stop serious criminals detained in hospitals from receiving up to £800 a month in universal credit.
- The change follows campaigning by the families of victims of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane.
- The government estimates the policy change will save tens of millions of pounds annually.
Sources
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- [1]Criminals detained in hospital set to lose benefitsBBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Deportation in the second Trump administration on Wikipedia
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