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Shabana Mahmood softens immigration plans in face of cabinet backlash
The plan would double the wait for most workers to settle permanently, while fast-tracking high earners and some public service staff.
- On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the United Kingdom's new "earned settlement model," which doubles the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain from five years to 10 years for most foreign workers.
- Following a consultation receiving more than 200,000 responses, Mahmood modified the policy after facing "furious backlash from her own cabinet colleagues and trade union barons," the Daily Mail reports.
- The revised policy exempts about 300,000 social care workers who retain a five-year settlement path, while high earners earning more than £50,271 can settle within three years, the government said.
- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated he has "full support" for Mahmood, though Labour MP Tony Vaughan led 100 colleagues in opposing the changes, and opposition parties continue to criticize the approach.
- Whether potential Labour rebels will challenge the government remains unclear, as defeat on this key policy could leave Mahmood's position untenable and weaken Prime Minister Burnham's authority so soon after taking office.
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