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Shabana Mahmood urged to ‘read the room’ on Labour opposition to immigration policy

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Pressure is mounting on the UK Home Secretary to soften her controversial 15-year residency plan as internal Labour opposition and cabinet divisions threaten the policy's survival.

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No 10 declines to rule out watering down plans to extend waiting period for indefinite leave to remain as cabinet split widensShabana Mahmood has been urged to “read the room” on Labour opposition to her immigration policy, as No 10 declined to rule out watering down her plans to make foreign workers wait 15 years to get permanent residency.Mahmood, the home secretary, is consulting on plans to increase the period before foreign workers can claim indefinite leave to remain from five to 15 years, backdated to apply to anyone arriving from 2021 onwards. Continue reading...

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