Badenoch: claiming benefits should bar foreign workers from settling in UK

Tory leader wants Labour immigration bill to include 10-year period before eligibility for state aid and granting of indefinite leaveForeign workers will have to live in the UK for 10 years without claiming any kind of benefit before being allowed indefinite leave to remain under plans announced by the Conservatives on Wednesday.Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, said she would push for changes to the government’s immigration bill to double the length of time it takes to qualify for settled status, as part of her party’s latest promise to crack down on immigration. Continue reading...

Feb 6, 2025 - 03:11
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Badenoch: claiming benefits should bar foreign workers from settling in UK

Tory leader wants Labour immigration bill to include 10-year period before eligibility for state aid and granting of indefinite leave

Foreign workers will have to live in the UK for 10 years without claiming any kind of benefit before being allowed indefinite leave to remain under plans announced by the Conservatives on Wednesday.

Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, said she would push for changes to the government’s immigration bill to double the length of time it takes to qualify for settled status, as part of her party’s latest promise to crack down on immigration. Continue reading...