Benefits for Abu Hamza's family must be reviewed, says MP
Priti Patel MP said it was "deeply offensive" to hardworking taxpayers that families such as Hamza's were able to "live off the State at enormous cost".
Abu Hamza gestures while addressing devotees at the
Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri, was on trial in New York on terror charges Photo: REUTERS
David Barrett By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent11:31AM BST 21 May 2014
A Conservative MP has called for a major review of criminals' access to the benefits system in the wake of Abu Hamza's conviction for terror offences by a New York jury.
Priti Patel MP said it was "deeply offensive" to hardworking taxpayers that families such as Hamza's were able to "live off the State at enormous cost".
Despite Hamza's conviction on 11 terrorism charges on Monday his Moroccan-born wife Najat Mostafa, 55, and some of their eight children still live in a £1.25 million five bedroom house provided by a west London local authority.
Four of Hamza's children have served prison sentences, including Mohammed Musafa Kamel, his 32-year-old son, and Mohssin Ghailam, his step son, 33, who were both jailed in Yemen for terrorism offences in 1999.
It is understood Hammersmith and Fulham council are unable to move the family on despite concerns about the cost of the property.
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The family is believed to receive at least £650 a week in benefits, bringing their annual income in housing benefit and child benefit to more than £33,000 a year.
Miss Patel said: "I think the public will be appalled that this situation can continue, and that this family can just carry on living off the State at enormous cost.
"The public will find it unacceptable, and I find it unacceptable.
"We need to look at ways in which we can change it.
"Where there are criminal connections and criminal convictions it really is deeply offensive to the public to see this.
"We have to look at this in a detailed way, rather than just accepting that they can carry on at the taxpayer's expense."
David Davies, the Conservative MP for Monmouth, said: "A Conservative government after the next election should turf out terrorists and their families and stop supporting them here at the taxpayers' expense."
Today, Theresa May, the Home Secretary, refused to comment on the family's benefits, but said: "The important thing is that a man who has been identified as a terrorist and a very dangerous individual is now going to be behind bars.
"I expect him to be behind bars for a very long time.
"I worked very hard to ensure the Americans were able to extradite him. I was very pleased when he was put on a plane and has now been brought to justice."
Mrs May has been under renewed pressure to secure a deal with the United States which will allow Britain to extradite a man alleged to be one Abu Hamza's lieutenants.
The Home Secretary has just over three weeks left to obtain assurances from the US over how Haroon Aswat will be treated if he is sent to America for trial.
One Conservative MP said it would be a "scandal" if British-born Aswat was able to avoid facing trial in America, and urged Mrs May to re-double her efforts to finalise a deal that will satisfy the court.
It came as British police and security services faced growing recriminations over their failure to act sooner against Abu Hamza.
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven QC, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, said it was a "mistake" not to take action against Hamza years ago.
"I think that around that time, and earlier certainly in the 90s, we didn't take seriously enough people like Abu Hamza," he told BBC Radio Four's World at One.
"I think there was a feeling that they were ranters and their bark was worse than their bite. I think that was a mistake."
The Telegraph can also disclose that a report by Scotland Yard established as early as 1999 that Hamza was linked with the hostage-taking in Yemen the previous year, in which four Western tourists were killed, including three Britons, but police failed to prosecute him.
A High Court ruling from 2008, during Hamza's fight against extradition, disclosed: "The report expressed itself in unequivocal terms, that links between the appellant and the hostage takers were established.
"It was however decided in the United Kingdom that neither the appellant (Hamza) nor any other suspect should be prosecuted for criminal involvement in the Yemeni hostage taking offences."
Evidence available to officers would not have been sufficient to secure a conviction in British courts, the High Court ruling went on, because some would have been inadmissible.
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David Cameron draws up immigration laws to foil Ukip
Prime Minister responds to local elections setback, with details expected in an immigration Bill to be announced in the Queen’s Speech
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David Cameron is drawing up new immigration laws Photo: REUTERS
By Tim Ross, and Peter Dominiczak10:45PM BST 24 May 2014
David Cameron is drawing up new immigration laws in response to rising anger over the number of EU migrants moving to Britain, The Telegraph can disclose.
The first details are expected in a Bill to be announced in the Queen’s Speech next week, a senior government source said.
Even stronger measures to block Europeans from poor countries coming to Britain for work are likely to be included in the Conservative manifesto for the general election next year.
The plans represent a concerted attempt to combat the rising popularity of the UK Independence Party which threatens to derail the Tories’ hopes of winning an outright parliamentary majority.
Measures under discussion include a law to discourage British-based companies from employing cheaper foreign workers, deporting unemployed Europeans after six months and a new “wealth test” to prevent vast numbers coming to Britain from the poorest EU countries.
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News of the proposals emerged as senior Tories called for action on immigration after Ukip’s surge in last week’s local elections.
Nigel Farage’s party may also top the popular vote when the European election results are announced tonight.
George Osborne, the Chancellor, promised yesterday to “listen” and “respond” to public concern over the issue.
“We need to take the public anger about issues like immigration, jobs and welfare — and deliver answers that work,” he told a ConservativeHome conference in London.
Another senior Tory minister said that the party had to “demonstrate that we are listening”.
Labour had their own problems last night as there were signs that Ed Miliband’s allies were beginning to attack him.
A shadow cabinet minister said there were voters who named Mr Miliband as “a problem”. The MP said: “We have good policies and we are not communicating them. I don’t think we had a plan for the election.”
In other key developments yesterday:
- A poll of 26,000 people in key marginal constituencies suggested Labour was on course to win the next election. The survey by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party vice-chairman, found a 6.5 per cent swing away from the Tories in 26 battleground seats. If the result is repeated next year it would give Ed Miliband a healthy majority of up to 70 in the Commons.
- Mr Osborne called on Ukip voters to “focus” ahead of next year’s general election and said the “only choice” was between Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband.
Þ Criticism of Labour’s local election campaign grew, with Frank Field, the former Labour Cabinet minister, warning that Mr Miliband faced “big questions” over his ability to connect with voters.
Þ Ukip was embroiled in new turmoil after one of the party’s new councillors was alleged to have referred to gay people as “perverts” and African migrants as “scroungers”.
Dave Small, who was elected to Redditch borough council, is facing a party investigation.
He also attacked Clare Balding, the BBC broadcaster, and Sir Elton John, the singer, over their sexuality and referring to “our sworn enemies in the Muslim world” in comments on Facebook.
The Conservatives introduced a target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands by May next year.
However, according to figures last week, net migration — the difference between migrants arriving and leaving — rose to 212,000 last year, fuelled by an increase of 43,000 European migrants.
The Coalition has brought in controls on the number of non-Europeans entering the country and new rules that say European migrants cannot automatically claim benefits in Britain. The Tories now want to go further.
Some of their more radical plans – especially on reforming European laws – would be unlikely to win support from Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats and are expected to form part of the Tory manifesto for next year’s general election.
“We are in government with the Lib Dems so we are not going to be able to close borders,” a senior Conservative source said.
Plans being discussed by senior Tories include a new law to stop immigrants “undercutting” British workers looking for jobs.
Employers who failed to pay the minimum wage would face heavier fines under the reforms, with maximum penalties of up to £20,000 for each individual worker they have underpaid. The current highest fine is £5,000.
A plan is also being examined to deport European migrants who have been claiming benefits for six months and have no realistic chance of finding work.
Conservatives are considering replicating a German proposal to deport unemployed Europeans, regardless of whether they claim benefits. Another proposal is to extend the length of time EU migrants must wait before they can claim benefits, from three months to six months or longer. Despite legal difficulties in European courts, Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is said to be working on the issue.
A fourth measure under consideration is a restriction on the number of European migrants who come to Britain from new EU member states, potentially including a “wealth test” banning migrants from the poorest countries until their economies improve.
This would require agreement in Brussels.
The plans for immigration reforms were already under way before the local and European elections.
The Cabinet has been shown a draft of the Queen’s Speech, which the Queen will present to both Houses of Parliament on June 4. “None of this is in response to these elections because the Queen’s Speech has already been agreed between the Coalition partners,” the minister said.
With one council election result outstanding yesterday, there was strong support for Mr Farage’s party, although Tories said the Ukip vote was 6 per cent lower than in last year’s local elections.
Ukip won 161 council seats in England, while the Conservatives lost 231.
The projected national share of the vote, compiled by the BBC, put Ukip on 17 per cent, Labour on 31 per cent and the Conservatives on 29 per cent, with the Liberal Democrats on 13 per cent.
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David Cameron is drawing up new immigration laws Photo: REUTERS
By Tim Ross, and Peter Dominiczak10:45PM BST 24 May 2014
David Cameron is drawing up new immigration laws in response to rising anger over the number of EU migrants moving to Britain, The Telegraph can disclose.
The first details are expected in a Bill to be announced in the Queen’s Speech next week, a senior government source said.
Even stronger measures to block Europeans from poor countries coming to Britain for work are likely to be included in the Conservative manifesto for the general election next year.
The plans represent a concerted attempt to combat the rising popularity of the UK Independence Party which threatens to derail the Tories’ hopes of winning an outright parliamentary majority.
Measures under discussion include a law to discourage British-based companies from employing cheaper foreign workers, deporting unemployed Europeans after six months and a new “wealth test” to prevent vast numbers coming to Britain from the poorest EU countries.
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News of the proposals emerged as senior Tories called for action on immigration after Ukip’s surge in last week’s local elections.
Nigel Farage’s party may also top the popular vote when the European election results are announced tonight.
George Osborne, the Chancellor, promised yesterday to “listen” and “respond” to public concern over the issue.
“We need to take the public anger about issues like immigration, jobs and welfare — and deliver answers that work,” he told a ConservativeHome conference in London.
Another senior Tory minister said that the party had to “demonstrate that we are listening”.
Labour had their own problems last night as there were signs that Ed Miliband’s allies were beginning to attack him.
A shadow cabinet minister said there were voters who named Mr Miliband as “a problem”. The MP said: “We have good policies and we are not communicating them. I don’t think we had a plan for the election.”
In other key developments yesterday:
- A poll of 26,000 people in key marginal constituencies suggested Labour was on course to win the next election. The survey by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party vice-chairman, found a 6.5 per cent swing away from the Tories in 26 battleground seats. If the result is repeated next year it would give Ed Miliband a healthy majority of up to 70 in the Commons.
- Mr Osborne called on Ukip voters to “focus” ahead of next year’s general election and said the “only choice” was between Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband.
Þ Criticism of Labour’s local election campaign grew, with Frank Field, the former Labour Cabinet minister, warning that Mr Miliband faced “big questions” over his ability to connect with voters.
Þ Ukip was embroiled in new turmoil after one of the party’s new councillors was alleged to have referred to gay people as “perverts” and African migrants as “scroungers”.
Dave Small, who was elected to Redditch borough council, is facing a party investigation.
He also attacked Clare Balding, the BBC broadcaster, and Sir Elton John, the singer, over their sexuality and referring to “our sworn enemies in the Muslim world” in comments on Facebook.
The Conservatives introduced a target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands by May next year.
However, according to figures last week, net migration — the difference between migrants arriving and leaving — rose to 212,000 last year, fuelled by an increase of 43,000 European migrants.
The Coalition has brought in controls on the number of non-Europeans entering the country and new rules that say European migrants cannot automatically claim benefits in Britain. The Tories now want to go further.
Some of their more radical plans – especially on reforming European laws – would be unlikely to win support from Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats and are expected to form part of the Tory manifesto for next year’s general election.
“We are in government with the Lib Dems so we are not going to be able to close borders,” a senior Conservative source said.
Plans being discussed by senior Tories include a new law to stop immigrants “undercutting” British workers looking for jobs.
Employers who failed to pay the minimum wage would face heavier fines under the reforms, with maximum penalties of up to £20,000 for each individual worker they have underpaid. The current highest fine is £5,000.
A plan is also being examined to deport European migrants who have been claiming benefits for six months and have no realistic chance of finding work.
Conservatives are considering replicating a German proposal to deport unemployed Europeans, regardless of whether they claim benefits. Another proposal is to extend the length of time EU migrants must wait before they can claim benefits, from three months to six months or longer. Despite legal difficulties in European courts, Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is said to be working on the issue.
A fourth measure under consideration is a restriction on the number of European migrants who come to Britain from new EU member states, potentially including a “wealth test” banning migrants from the poorest countries until their economies improve.
This would require agreement in Brussels.
The plans for immigration reforms were already under way before the local and European elections.
The Cabinet has been shown a draft of the Queen’s Speech, which the Queen will present to both Houses of Parliament on June 4. “None of this is in response to these elections because the Queen’s Speech has already been agreed between the Coalition partners,” the minister said.
With one council election result outstanding yesterday, there was strong support for Mr Farage’s party, although Tories said the Ukip vote was 6 per cent lower than in last year’s local elections.
Ukip won 161 council seats in England, while the Conservatives lost 231.
The projected national share of the vote, compiled by the BBC, put Ukip on 17 per cent, Labour on 31 per cent and the Conservatives on 29 per cent, with the Liberal Democrats on 13 per cent.
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