Labour’s immigration crackdown could be applied retrospectively to migrants already in the UK as part of Shabana Mahmood’s bid to stop racism growing in the UK .

The Home Secretary on Monday unveiled a series of new conditions for migrants who want to settle in the UK, including ensuring they learn English to a high standard, work, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community.

The time it takes to qualify for indefinite leave to remain will also be doubled from five to ten years under Mahmood’s proposals, which she argued were vital with “racists” taking to the streets and fuelling division in the UK in recent weeks. New Feature

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Under current plans these new conditions will not apply to the controversial so-called ‘B

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