close Cancel email WhatsApp link share Share bookmark SaveAndy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood have been warned they could face a blocking motion in the House of Lords if controversial immigration reforms are not watered down. It would not rule out that concessions around care workers and retrospective changes are under consideration when asked. She said she has been “taken aback” by the public response from “a wide range of people who feel betrayed, angry [and] upset” by the plans to make retrospective immigration changes, adding that it is causing “great insecurity”. This is a rarely used power of veto that enables the House of Lords to block legislation entirely, rather than just amend it. “A consultation on elements of those reforms has now closed, and we will set out our response in due course.”