The Latest Breaking News from ILR

Minister insists she backs migration policy after joking she couldn’t lie about supporting it

Miatta Fahnbulleh says reference to ‘awkward’ interview was meant to be lighthearted and self-deprecating

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22

Shabana Mahmood tells MPs suspect in Ann Widdecombe investigation ‘not known to Prevent’ – as it happened

Home secretary updates Parliament after counter-terrorism police take over investigation into her death

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13

Labour minister 'openly declares war' on Home Secretary as she tries to get him fired

A LABOUR minister has appeared to openly mock his boss, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, after she tried and failed to get him fired ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 26

Labour’s immigration policy is not the Britain we want

Letters: Readers respond to the government’s recently announced measures for curbing the number of asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025

Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests

Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

Tories will not deport legally settled people, Badenoch clarifies

Katie Lam spoke ‘imprecisely’ in stating large number of people would ‘need to go home’, says Conservative leader

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

Just beads in a glass jar: this is how the Tories dehumanise migrants and those in need

The Conservatives, like Reform, are rooting their immigration policy in the language of welfare dependency. It’s deeply harmful, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported

Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025

Labour’s plan for migrants to ‘earn’ permanent residency turns belonging into an endless exam

In her address to the Labour party conference, the new home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, confirmed plans to overhaul the rules for indefinite leave to remain (ILR). These include increasing the time someone must live in the UK to be eligible for ILR from five years to ten.

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2025

What’s the difference between Labour and Reform’s immigration plans?

Labour has gone toe-to-toe with Reform on migration policy as it brands Nigel Farage’s plans ‘racist’

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025