lapin_windstar

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

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

You mean, give foreign taxpayers' kids a free education if they spend their gap year in the UK?

JAJ

We are talking about a British citizen establishing residence in the United Kingdom.

chartreuse

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.