Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to reveal her final decisions regarding immigration rules for legal migrants in the UK next week. Proposed changes include extending the wait for permanent residency from five years to ten, with some lower-paid workers facing a potential 15-year wait. However, social care workers may be exempt from these longer waits.
The government's consultation on these reforms has received significant feedback, with 200,000 responses. Opposition within the government has emerged, particularly regarding the impact on low-paid migrant workers and the implications for British taxpayers.
Watch for the Home Secretary's announcement next week, particularly regarding the fate of social care workers and the potential backlash from within the government. The significant public response to the consultation may influence the final decisions on residency wait times.