Mahmood scraps plans to make foreign care workers wait 15 years for settlement after a Labour backbench revolt
Nigel Farage, who vowed to rescind citizenship grants that do not add value to Britain, as Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood also quietly dropped plans to bar newly settled migrants from claiming benefits.Andy Burnham (left), Mayor of Greater Manchester, with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner — whose support for the care-worker climbdown means 282,000 of the 1.9 million migrants due to settle by 2030 will face no extra delay.
Almost 282,000 foreign care workers will remain on a five-year qualification route for indefinite leave to remain, after Shabana Mahmood abandoned plans that would have made them wait up to 15 years to settle permanently in Britain. The climbdown came after more than 100 Labour backbenchers and senior Cabinet figures including Angela Rayner opposed the original proposals, with Unison boasting it had 'led the charge' in forcing the retreat.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the U-turn will cost taxpayers £10billion in lifetime welfare, NHS and housing costs.
Farage branded the move 'the beginning of the capitulation' and vowed to review every citizenship granted under the scheme if Reform takes power.
Four in five respondents to the Home Office's own consultation were NOT British citizens — 73 per cent were current visa holders.
