NRPF

Opposing Reforms to Asylum Support: Our Submission to the Home Office

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Opposing Asylum Reforms Our Submission to the Home Office On 4 June 2026, we submitted our response to the Home Office consultation on reforming asylum support and enforcing family returns. We strongly oppose all the proposals and believe that conversations had on the asylum system should focus on expanding support and increasing the dignity of […]

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No More NRPF: Our Submission to the APPG for Migration

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No More NRPF Our Submission to the APPG on Migration’s Call for Evidence “The Home Office has ignored this and unnecessarily, clearly chosen fees over people when both can co-exist” We’ve taken the opportunity to remind Westminster again that proposals that seek to expand the use of the NRPF condition will do nothing but push

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NRPF Connect: Half a Decade of Scottish Data

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Half a Decade of Data: NRPF Connect in Scotland Our review of the publicly available NRPF support data from Scottish Local Authorities from 2020 to 2025. Key Findings Demand and support for NRPF-related issues across Scotland are rising – significantly outpacing related metrics like population growth and inflation. Scotland’s share of support across the UK

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Opposing Extended Routes to Settlement: Our Submission to the Home Affairs Committee

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Extended Routes to Settlement Our Submission to the Home Affairs Committee On the 2nd of December 2025, we submitted formal evidence to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry, strongly opposing the proposal to extend the settlement route to 10 years and to scrap the existing 5-year route. The Home Affairs Committee launched its Routes to Settlement

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New Community Film Launched: Living With No Recourse: Voices From the North East

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We are proud to share the release of a powerful new short community film, Living With No Recourse: Voices From the North East, created by the No Recourse North East (NRNE) Lived Experience Group, with production support from SHMU.
This film brings into view the real, everyday impact of No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) — a policy often hidden in legal language, yet deeply felt across the lives of individuals and families in our region. Through personal testimony and collective reflection, the film centres the voices of people with lived experience of NRPF, highlighting resilience, barriers to support, and the human cost of restrictive immigration policy.

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Elected Member Briefing Note: Ending Destitution for People with No Recourse to Public Funds

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November 2023 COSLA has developed an Elected Members Briefing in partnership with the Improvement Service and Scottish Government, which briefs elected members on how No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) conditions are applied and the increased risks of destitution facing people with NRPF. The Scottish Government and COSLA share a joint commitment to mitigate the

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New release: COSLA survey of Local Authority NRPF Support

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As co-owners of the Ending Destitution Together Strategy with Scottish Government, COSLA and Scottish Local Government are committed to supporting people across Scotland who are at increased risk of destitution due to No Recourse to Public Funds conditions. This commitment involves supporting households across Scotland, wherever possible, to avoid destitution and hardship. In 2022 COSLA’s Community Wellbeing

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