Burnham refuses to rule out back-pedalling on Mahmood's migrant settlement crackdown as Labour MPs plot a revolt

The plans would stretch the five-year wait for indefinite leave to remain to up to 10 years for foreign care workers. Prime Minister Andy Burnham would say only that decisions will come 'soon', though he backs settlement as 'a right to be earned'. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has warned retrospective changes would be 'un-British'. Speculation is mounting that the plans will be watered down.

Rayner: 'We shouldn't rip up the rules halfway through' for migrants already here.

Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh attacked longer settlement waits in a post she later deleted.

A day later, Fahnbulleh insisted she '100%' backs Shabana Mahmood.