Mahmood is accused of 'total capitulation' after letting 282,000 migrant care workers keep the five-year route to settlement
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.
Shabana Mahmood's immigration overhaul has unravelled into a £10 billion retreat after Labour rebels, Cabinet ministers Angela Rayner and Miatta Fahnbulleh, and more than 100 backbenchers forced her to abandon proposals under which most migrant care workers would have had to wait up to 15 years before qualifying for settlement. Of the 1.9 million foreign nationals expected to become eligible for indefinite leave to remain by 2030, only 500,000 will now face a longer wait — just a quarter of the original target. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp condemned it as 'total capitulation', while Nigel Farage called it 'the beginning of the capitulation', warning Reform would review every citizenship granted under the scheme.
Four in five respondents to the Home Office consultation were NOT British citizens, with 73 per cent being current visa holders.
Unison crowed it had 'led the charge' in forcing Mahmood to cave, as Angela Rayner slipped out of the Commons the moment the Home Secretary approached the despatch box.
Farage warned Reform would 'review each and every one' of the citizenships granted under the scheme if the party takes power.
