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-   -   DO YOU VOTE IN THE UK ? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/usa-57/do-you-vote-uk-634666/)

lapin_windstar Oct 11th 2009 10:44 pm
Re: DO YOU VOTE IN THE UK ?
 
Originally Posted by JAJ (Post 8005583)
MPs might take more interest in the concerns of overseas Britons. For example, the 3 year residence rule for university tuition fees
I can't agree, I am afraid - cheaper Uni fees (NHS treatment etc) are and should be for residents only. Allowing expats to send their kids off to UK unis for a discount education is just UK taxpayers paying for foreign taxpayers' kids (or, in the case of our friends in the UAE, where they have neither tax nor decent unis, non-taxpayers) to get educated at great expense.

I suppose there could be something akin to the voluntary pension contributions that could allow residency for social benefits to continue in exchange for further payments.

JAJ Oct 16th 2009 2:22 am
Re: DO YOU VOTE IN THE UK ?
 
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar (Post 8008793)
I can't agree, I am afraid - cheaper Uni fees (NHS treatment etc) are and should be for residents only. Allowing expats to send their kids off to UK unis for a discount education is just UK taxpayers paying for foreign taxpayers' kids (or, in the case of our friends in the UAE, where they have neither tax nor decent unis, non-taxpayers) to get educated at great expense.

I suppose there could be something akin to the voluntary pension contributions that could allow residency for social benefits to continue in exchange for further payments.
Or they could reduce the 3 year residence rule to 1 year, which is closer to the rules in most US states and Canadian provinces for "in-state" tuition.

lapin_windstar Oct 16th 2009 2:54 am
Re: DO YOU VOTE IN THE UK ?
 
You mean, give foreign taxpayers' kids a free education if they spend their gap year in the UK?

JAJ Oct 16th 2009 3:12 am
Re: DO YOU VOTE IN THE UK ?
 
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar (Post 8020433)
You mean, give foreign taxpayers' kids a free education if they spend their gap year in the UK?
We are talking about a British citizen establishing residence in the United Kingdom.

chartreuse Oct 16th 2009 4:17 am
Re: DO YOU VOTE IN THE UK ?
 
Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 8001521)
That's way we have never bothered to register. Got all the forms to do so but when we saw that it was a complete waste of time. Doubt we would even get the ballot before the polls closed.
Of course. PC answer - There's no incentive for any party in government to make it easier for expats to vote, because we're a lot more difficult to buy.


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