HALF of all social housing in England goes to people born abroad

British people who have paid their taxes should get priority in the social housing queue over new migrants, David Cameron’s poverty tsar has said.

Frank Field, the senior Labour MP, has called for a shake-up of the way housing is handed out as it emerged that nearly half of all social housing in parts of the country were given to immigrants.

Nearly five million families are languishing on waiting lists for subsidised housing in England.

But in parts of London, which has the most expensive rents and property prices in the country, nearly half the social housing is allocated to foreigners. Read More