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Shabana Mahmood is expected to water down her settlement crackdown and exempt care workers after pressure from Rayner and Labour rebels

Shabana Mahmood, whose original plan she admitted would cost taxpayers £10 billion on low-wage care worker provisions alone, now faces a rebellion thought to stretch well beyond 100 Labour MPs.
Shabana Mahmood, whose original plan she admitted would cost taxpayers £10 billion on low-wage care worker provisions alone, now faces a rebellion thought to stretch well beyond 100 Labour MPs.

Mahmood drew 200,000 consultation responses and faces a rebellion thought to stretch well beyond the 100 Labour MPs who signed a formal protest letter, with whips scrambling to sound out colleagues before next week's parliamentary announcement. Social care workers already in the UK are now expected to be exempt from the extended wait, but most other migrant workers will still face a 10-year qualifying period — double the current five — with reductions available for community contributions or higher earnings.

Angela Rayner, before rejoining the cabinet, called the original plan 'un-British' because it sought to change rules for migrants who arrived in good faith.

Mahmood herself admitted the low-wage care worker provisions alone would cost taxpayers £10 billion.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp accused her of preparing to 'surrender to the open-borders Left, led by Angela Rayner'.

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