Citizenship Network
Citizenship Network
The Citizenship Network was launched in November 2024 by Citizens UK. It is a space for Parliamentarians to work with experts and people who have lived through the citizenship and settlement system to explore ways to improve the pathway to citizenship.
It was launched alongside our report From rooted to recognised: Unblocking the Pathway to Citizenship, which gives a blueprint for how the pathway to citizenship could be improved, based on listening to 2,000 people across the country.
The Parliamentarians who are members of the Citizenship Network are:
- Dawn Butler MP
- Neil Coyle MP
- Stella Creasy MP
- Tan Dhesi MP
- Helen Hayes MP
- Warinder Juss MP
- Uma Kumaran MP
- Chris Murray MP
- Bishop of Leicester (Martyn Snow)
- Alex Sobel MP
If you are a Parliamentarian who is interested in joining the Citizenship Network, please get in touch.
Our new report From Rooted to Recognised: Unblocking the Pathway to Citizenship details the problem of the UK settlement and citizenship system and sets the agenda for what should be done about it.
We make recommendations for initial reforms to the pathway to citizenship that can be made within this parliament as well as outlining principles for longer term comprehensive reform. These changes would enable people who are rooted in our communities to be fully recognised as British.