Rising numbers of people are losing their jobs because of Home Office delays during cost of living crisis

Praxis is sounding the alarm over the rising number of people accessing its immigration advice and welfare services who are being forced into poverty and facing homelessness because Government immigration policies and Home Office delays in processing visa renewals are preventing them from supporting themselves, as the cost of living crisis intensifies.

With Home Office decisions taking 11 months “on average”, Government policy is out of step with public opinion, as new polling commissioned by Praxis and the Institute for Public Policy Research and carried out by YouGov shows that 81% of the British public think people should reasonably expect their visa to be processed within 2 months.