Newly elected Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire Dame Andrea Jenkyns has called for benefits forms to be “only in English”, following a special GB News investigation.
GB News presenter Ben Leo visited the city of Leicester, which houses the street with the “fewest English speakers in Britain”.
Attempting to speak to the residents, Ben was met with several men and women who claimed they “did not speak English”, with one local claiming that the area is “quite a multicultural place”.
Reacting to the report, Jenkyns questioned whether is was “really Britain” that Ben had visited, and called for a bigger crackdown on benefits claimants in the country.
Andrea Jenkyns expressed her outrage at Ben Leo’s investigation in Leicester, where the majority of residents do not speak English
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Astounded by the footage, Jenkyns fumed: “Was it really in Britain Ben? Look I’m quite old fashioned, but I think when in Rome, do as the Romans do. And if I was going to another country, I think it would be right that I learned the lingo.
“I think what I’d push for is that any DWP forms should always be in English, that’s what I think. That’d sort it out, wouldn’t it?”
When pressed by Ben on whether it would be a future policy Reform UK would attempt to legislate, Jenkyns claimed: “You’d have to speak to the rest of the team, we’re just working on policies, but I can certainly put it forward.”
Making clear that she is “all for people coming to Britain”, Jenkyns affirmed that they should attempt to “learn the language” if they plan on living here.
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Ben Leo visited Leicester where he attempted to speak to people on the street which houses ‘the least amount of non-English speaking people’ in the UK
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Jenkyns said: “I’m all for people coming to Britain if they’re going to work hard, contribute to society, set up businesses, but you’ve got to learn the lingo.
“If people come into Britain and they want to work, you must learn English.”
Expressing concern for the elderly Britons, Jenkyns recalled speaking to constituents back in 2013, who were “scared to go into their town” through fear of being a minority.
She revealed: “I bumped into some residents who I represented back in 2013, an elderly couple who said to me they don’t feel safe coming into the town anymore, because they don’t hear English.
Jenkyns told GB News that those coming into Britain should ‘learn English’
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“And I think that’s very sad, isn’t it? Especially with the older generation or people with young children, when they feel that they are becoming a minority in an area, in their own country, then it feels quite scary for some people.”
Criticising the benefits system further, Jenkyns declared that all forms should be “in English”, to prevent people “coming over and claiming benefits on our system”.
She concluded: “Again, it’s the benefit system. I don’t want to see people coming to this country claiming benefits. If people want to come to Britain for businesses and work hard and pay the taxes, learn English.
“So I would do the forms of just in English, that’s what I do.”
