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Shabana Mahmood concedes her watered-down care worker settlement rules will save taxpayers less than the £10bn she forecast

Mencap, the learning disabilities charity that publicly opposed Shabana Mahmood's earned-settlement principle, received more than £200m in public funds — the most of the 38 charities that lobbied ministers to dilute the crackdown.
Mencap, the learning disabilities charity that publicly opposed Shabana Mahmood's earned-settlement principle, received more than £200m in public funds — the most of the 38 charities that lobbied ministers to dilute the crackdown.
Mahmood's climbdown will reduce the number of people facing delayed settlement to just over 500,000, well down from nearly 800,000 under her original plans.
Mahmood's climbdown will reduce the number of people facing delayed settlement to just over 500,000, well down from nearly 800,000 under her original plans.
Shabana Mahmood concedes her watered-down care worker settlement rules will save taxpayers less than the £10bn she forecast
Shabana Mahmood concedes her watered-down care worker settlement rules will save taxpayers less than the £10bn she forecast

Around 100 Labour backbenchers are privately unhappy with Mahmood's revised plan, with MP Rachel Maskell branding the small boats settlement wait of up to 30 years "cruel" and demanding further concessions. Mahmood declined to name a precise savings figure for her watered-down scheme, saying only there will be "savings in the billions" — well short of the £10bn her original 15-year care worker wait was projected to generate.

Research reveals 38 charities that lobbied for the U-turn shared more than £1bn in taxpayer-funded contracts and grants, including Mencap (£200m) and Barnardo's (£192m).

Just 18 per cent of the 202,000 consultation respondents were British citizens, with 66 per cent of charity responses arguing that illegal arrivals should face no settlement penalty at all.

Mahmood also pushed back against PM Andy Burnham's assertion that Brexit was responsible for the small boats crisis, admitting the UK "hardly returned anyone" even under the Dublin Convention.

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