Council criminals breaking the law - the Immigration Act 1971

As many local inhabitants of council areas have discovered, illegal migrants (without passports or visas entitling or granting permission to stay) have entered the UK for solely economic reasons and cannot prove any 'refugee status' but are being given Public Services that local inhabitants often do not benefit from. These include free or subsidised accommodation or housing, welfare payments, free healthcare, free phones, various allowances, and even immunity from prosecution for various criminal offences including harassment, sexual abuse, theft, trespassing, violent disorder & criminal damage. Members of organisations involved often claim that the individuals concerned are 'awaiting confirmation' of refugee status where they are to be given rights such as "leave to remain".

There is no excuse for ignorance of the Law! Anyone employed by councils who assists illegal migrants or asylum seekers to enter or overstay, to access housing or other assistance, is deliberately and knowingly acting criminally and is therefore personally liable to pay a fine or face a penalty of a minimum of 6 months or up to life in prison. These criminals will be banned from any future Public Office, have their pension rights revoked, and any ill-gotten gains asset-stripped.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/25

"25 Assisting unlawful immigration to member State [F1 or the United Kingdom]

(1) A person commits an offence if he—

   (a) does an act which facilitates the commission of a breach [F3 or attempted breach] of immigration law by an individual who is not [F4 a national of the United Kingdom],

   (b) knows or has reasonable cause for believing that the act facilitates the commission of a breach [F3 or attempted breach] of immigration law by the individual, and

   (c) knows or has reasonable cause for believing that the individual is not [F4 a national of the United Kingdom].

(2) In subsection (1) “immigration law” means a law which has effect in a member State [F5 or the United Kingdom] and which controls, in respect of some or all persons who are not nationals of the State [F6 or, as the case may be, of the United Kingdom], entitlement to—

   (a) enter [F7 or arrive in] the State [F8 or the United Kingdom],

   (b) transit across the State [F9 or the United Kingdom], or

   (c) be in the State [F10 or the United Kingdom].

[F11(2A) In subsections (1) and (2), “national of the United Kingdom” means—

   (a) a British citizen;

   (b) a person who is a British subject by virtue of Part 4 of the British Nationality Act 1981 and who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom; or

   (b) a person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of a connection with Gibraltar.]

(3) A document issued by the government of a member State certifying a matter of law in that State—

   (a) shall be admissible in proceedings for an offence under this section, and

   (b) shall be conclusive as to the matter certified.

[F12 (4) Subsection (1) applies to things done whether inside or outside the United Kingdom.]

(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

   (a) on conviction on indictment, to [F13 imprisonment for life], to a fine or to both, or

   (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both. "

Potential changes to the legislation include:

"25A Helping asylum-seeker to enter United Kingdom

(1) A person commits an offence if—

   (a) he knowingly F2... facilitates the arrival [F3 or attempted arrival ] in [F4, or the entry [F5 or attempted entry] into,] the United Kingdom of an individual, and

   (b) he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the individual is an asylum-seeker.

(2) In this section “asylum-seeker” means a person who intends to claim that to remove him from or require him to leave the United Kingdom would be contrary to the United Kingdom’s obligations under—

   (a) the Refugee Convention (within the meaning given by section 167(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (interpretation)), or

   (b) the Human Rights Convention (within the meaning given by that section).

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to anything done by a person acting on behalf of an organisation which—

   (a) aims to assist asylum-seekers, and

   (b) does not charge for its services.  "

While council staff and management may seek to claim to be part of "an organisation which aims to assist asylum seekers and does not charge for its services", any such claim will be provably false. Councils exist to serve local inhabitants as Public Servants primarily providing services. They are not now, nor ever have been, organisations with "aims to assist asylum seekers", and their constitutions clearly outline their basic rules governing the council's business and 'citizen' rights.

Council Tax deductions ruled unlawful - Legal Precedent set

 "In a decision issued on the 14th of August 2026, Tribunal Judge T. Cole concluded that the Secretary of State had failed to demonstrate that the deduction was lawful with the reasoning behind the decision according to some legal professionals potentially opening the door to legal challenges from other Universal Credit claimants whose benefits have been reduced to repay council tax debts."
"The tribunal’s reasoning appears to be that even where the DWP ultimately has the legal power to impose a deduction without the claimant agreeing to it, the claimant must still be given an opportunity to engage with the process and make representations before that power is exercised."
"If other council tax deductions have been imposed in circumstances where the DWP cannot produce the local authority’s original request, cannot demonstrate the underlying liability order, or did not give the claimant a meaningful opportunity to make representations, claimants may inevitably begin asking whether the same arguments apply to them."

https://www.teesdurhampost.co.uk/post/dwp-council-tax-deductions-ruled-unlawful-in-landmark-teesside-case

"For anyone across the region currently having council tax arrears deducted from Universal Credit — particularly those who are vulnerable & do not remember being given any opportunity to challenge the proposed deduction — the ruling is likely to make uncomfortable reading for both the DWP and local authorities."

For the local inhabitants of every council area, this ruling means that they can potentially claim back any monies taken without the correct procedure having been followed.