Robert Jenrick, Aug. 18 -- For nearly 1.3 million EU citizens who applied for settled status under the Brexit withdrawal agreement, that document has served as a guarantee: the right to live, work, and access public services in Britain on the terms that existed when the country left the European Union. Reform UK's latest policy pledge has placed a direct question mark over how durable that guarantee would be if the party reaches government.

universal credit, jobseeker's allowance, child benefit, free childcare, housing benefit, pension credit, and disability payments - with limited exceptions for military veterans and those who have contributed to the state pension. "The welfare state is there for Britain," Jenrick said. "No British citi...