Angela Rayner Condemns 15-Year Care Worker Settlement Plan as Labour Faces Fresh Immigration Split
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 10
Angela Rayner Condemns 15-Year Care Worker Settlement Plan as Labour Faces Fresh Immigration Split
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 10
Summary
Angela Rayner said it would be “wrong” and “un-British” to make care workers already in the UK wait up to 15 years for permanent settlement instead of five.
The criticism targets a government consultation that would double the standard route to indefinite leave to remain to 10 years, extend it to 15 years for health and social care visa holders, and to 20 years for some benefit claimants.
Rayner argued border control is separate from changing rules for legal migrants who have already built lives in Britain, and urged ministers not to tie care-worker visas to single employers because it can fuel exploitation.
Shabana Mahmood has defended the plans as a response to unprecedented migration, but dozens of Labour MPs have also attacked the retrospective approach as “moving the goalposts,” exposing a widening internal party divide.