Tories tell Shabana Mahmood to quit if her migration crackdown is watered down after Angela Rayner's cabinet revolt
Angela Rayner, who as Housing Secretary told Sky News that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood would bring forward a system 'fair' to migrants who work in public services.Shabana Mahmood, whose plan to make migrants wait up to 15 years for indefinite leave to remain has drawn support from Labour MP Preet Kaur Gill, who urged colleagues to "keep going.
Shabana Mahmood had proposed making migrants wait up to 15 years for indefinite leave to remain, up from five now. Those plans are now reportedly expected to be watered down to head off a Labour rebellion. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner told Sky News that Mahmood would deliver a system 'fair' to taxpayers and to migrants 'who work in our public services'. Rayner suggested her objections from inside the Cabinet had succeeded.
Rayner had branded tougher settlement rules 'un-British' and a 'breach of trust'.
Her main worry was the impact on foreign care workers already in Britain.
Rayner still praised the Home Secretary for doing an 'incredible job' on immigration.
