Indefinite leave to remain will only be granted to people who meet a series of conditions, the Home Secretary has announced, in a major shake-up of the UK’s legal migration system.

Shabana Mahmood’s plan will be unveiled in a speech at Labour’s 2025 conference in Liverpool, exactly a week after Nigel Farage spoke about his own proposing to change the system.

The Reform leader drew attention last Monday for saying he would deport hundreds of thousands of people currently living in the UK legally by scrapping indefinite leave to remain altogether.

In an appearance on Laura Kuenssberg’s BBC show yesterday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described the idea as ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’.

Less than 24 hours later, his government has set out its own plans to reform indefinite leave to remain, wh

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