Shabana Mahmood softens immigration plans in face of cabinet backlash

Exception for care workers will allow an estimated 280,000 people and their dependants to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years Shabana Mahmood rowed back on her most hardline plans to make care workers wait 15 years for settlement in the UK, but told MPs on Monday that many migrants would still face retrospective rule changes to make them wait a decade. Under pressure from a cabinet backlash and health unions, the home secretary has offered a carve-out for care workers to allow them to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years. Continue reading...

英國政府在內閣與工會壓力下為護理人員保留五年永居通道，但多數收緊定居規則仍將推行。改革因追溯適用而遭議員、法律界與商業團體批評，被指損害法律確定性與人才留存。