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Labour to grant settled status only to working migrants
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Labour to grant settled status only to working migrantsShabana Mahmood is set to unveil Labour’s tougher stance on immigration.
Toby Melville/PA WireThe UK government will only grant settled status rights to working migrants under radical plans drawn up by Labour’s Shabana Mahmood.
A proposed change will make migrants have to pay national insurance, claim no benefits and have a clean criminal record before they can indefinite leave to remain.
Labour takes on Reform UKHer comments come as Reform UK pledged to abolish indefinite leave to remain rights for migrants in a radical policy agenda on legal migration.
Changes to the immigration system were teased in its white paper, with the waiting period for gaining settled status set to double from five years to ten years.