Assuming this DM report is accurate, who is ultimately responsible?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... areas.htmlHere is the opening paragraph of the DM report:
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Jihadi John and his asylum-seeking family have milked the British benefits system for 20 years, the Mail can reveal today.
Housing the Islamic State executioner and his relatives in affluent parts of London has cost taxpayers up to £400,000.
In the quotes below from the DM the red comments in brackets are my additions.
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The Mail investigation can also reveal that:
The family fled Kuwait after the first Gulf War, claiming persecution because they were seen to favour the Iraqi invasion in 1990; (under Conservative Government)
They claimed asylum in the UK and won refugee status in 1996; (under Conservative Government)
Five years later they were made British citizens and then started travelling back to Kuwait; (under Labour Government)
The family have claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds in benefits in Britain since their arrival in the country and lived in homes costing £450 a week;
Emwazi’s father is now back working in Kuwait while the family continues to receive state assistance for the home in Queen’s Park.(under Labour, ConLib Governments)
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Eventually, they settled in a £600,000 flat in upmarket Queen’s Park. The family has lived there for the past eight years (under Labour & ConLib Governments) and the owner told the Mail it is still rented to them.
With a 12-year-old daughter, Hana, they are still believed to be claiming an estimated £7,821 a year in child benefits and child tax credits. (under Labour & ConLib Governments)
That is on top of annual claims of about £23,400 in housing benefit, £678 in council tax support and £5,929 in jobseeker’s allowance.
Their daughter Shayma, 23, is thought to be studying at Brunel University London, for which she is entitled to a grant of £3,387. (under ConLib Government)
The DM report doesn't actually say who is responsible for the taxpayers' funding of this family, but the tone of the report does imply that the Emwazi family are the guilty party. In my opinion, by not identifying the governments in place at the time of this abuse of public money, the DM is being less than transparent with the truth. Maybe the DM is more concerned with stirring up public anger against immigrants than holding the political class to account.
The DM report states:
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Westminster City Council is still paying the rent on the family’s £600,000 flat even though the rules say housing benefit should normally be stopped after 13 weeks.
If the DM is correct about the 'rules', then Westminster Council are as much to blame as as the Conservative, Labour, and ConLib governments.
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MPs said they were horrified that the child of a family given refugee status, citizenship and benefits had returned the favour by orchestrating the murder of two of its citizens.
MPs are horrified? MPs of the LibLabCON have every right to be horrified and ashamed at themselves for permitting this situation to develop over the years.