US EditionShabana Mahmood vows law reforms to prove migrants 'contribute' to UK society
Shabana Mahmood plans conditions for indefinite leave to remain, including work, benefit restrictions, English proficiency, and volunteering, to contrast government and Reform UK policies.
- On Monday, Shabana Mahmood will outline new conditions for indefinite leave to remain at the Labour Party conference, making settlement harder by linking it to requirements.
- To draw a contrast with Nigel Farage's plan, Labour presents tougher rules as an alternative to Reform UK's pledge to abolish settled status for some migrants, aiming to retain working voters.
- Under the plan, applicants will need to pay National Insurance, avoid benefit payments, hold a `spotless` criminal record, meet the English language requirement, and do community volunteering.
- A consultation will be launched later this year, and Labour says it will not deport existing ILR holders unlike Reform UK.
- Earlier this month Shabana Mahmood took over as Home Secretary and, after Sir Keir Starmer called Reform UK’s proposals `racist` less than 24 hours earlier, she will also launch a `winter of action` on shoplifting.
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Shabana Mahmood broke into the Labour Party Congress with a promise that left no room for doubt: “I will do what is necessary to protect our borders.” In her first intervention as Minister of the Interior, she spoke with a firm and personal tone, aware that the migration debate and the very definition of what it means to be British are today at the heart of national politics. Mahmood immediately placed the migration issue as the core of her miss…
Labour plans tougher rules on migrants
Britain's interior minister proposed tough new rules on Monday for migrants seeking to settle in the UK, as the ruling Labour party sought to bolster its fight against the hard right at its annual conference. Confronting Reform, led by firebrand Nigel Farage, is the main theme of Labour's four-day gathering in Liverpool, northwest England. Currently, migrants with family in Britain and who have lived in the country for five years qualify for "in…
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