Burnham declines to say net migration still too high as Mahmood prepares to unveil tougher settlement rules – UK politics live
Summary
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to announce final rules that would make some migrants wait longer before applying for indefinite leave to remain. The plans retain the broad approach of proposals first announced last year, but reports indicate a change for care workers; the announcement comes as net migration has fallen and Labour figures question whether legal migration needs to fall further.Key Facts
- Mahmood is scheduled to present the final settlement-rule plans to MPs after 3:30 p.m.
- The original proposal would make most foreign workers wait 10 years to apply for indefinite leave to remain, rather than five.
- Under the original proposal, care workers would have to wait 15 years.
- The original plans would also apply to foreign workers already in the UK.
- Reports indicate the government has softened its proposed rules for care workers, but the final details were not yet public in the article.
- Andy Burnham told ITV that legal migration had fallen substantially and declined to say whether it should fall further.
- Burnham said small-boat crossing numbers were too high.
- Mahmood can implement the settlement-rule changes without primary legislation, so MPs would not be able to amend them through a Commons vote.
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