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UK plans tougher rules for migrants seeking to stay in country
['The New Arab Staff', 'Anam Alam', 'Basma El Atti']
The New Arab
Migrants seeking to settle in the UK will have to have a job, not claim benefits, and undertake community work under plans to be unveiled by the interior minister on Monday.
Eligible applicants meeting those thresholds also earn the right to live, work, and study in the UK, as well as to apply for benefits and British citizenship.
Mahmood will outline the plans at the annual conference of the ruling Labour party, and the government will consult on the changes later this year, according to a press release from the party.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday called Reform's plan "racist", adding it would "tear the country apart".
In her first speech to the Labour conference as interior minister, Mahmood will say that migrants should learn English to a high standard and that she will be a "tough" minister.