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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed to end the scandal of one in four social homes, such as council houses, going to foreigners.

But her plan to stop foreign nationals claiming social housing has been attacked as “divisive”.

Tories have today announced radical plans to end social housing tenancies for non-EU foreign nationals. As tenancies are revoked and properties become available, the homes would pass straight to the families at the top of the waiting list. Those being removed for social rented tenancies would have 6 months to do so.

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately said: “Nearly a quarter of a million social homes in England – subsidised by British taxpayers – are being rented out to foreign nationals.”

And she insisted: “Britain cannot be a cash machine for the world.”

But the plan has predictably come under fire, with Sarah Elliott, chief executive of housing charity shelter, saying: “These divisive plans would brutally kick people out of their homes.”