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New ILR Rules: Ten-Year Wait, Job and English Proficiency Required

10/1/2025

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Mahmood Introduces ILR

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) rules: a spotless criminal record, employment, and English proficiency.
The ILR period will rise from five to ten years. She warned concerns could swing working-class voters toward Reform UK.
She linked migrants' contributions to National Insurance and volunteering, noting her immigrant background, and contrasted Labour with Reform UK proposals.

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Voters Debate ILR

A YouGov survey shows 44% of Britons support ending indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and 43% oppose; 29% support removing ILR from holders.
Reform UK voters show 64% in favor of removing ILR; Labour 40%; Reform UK plans to abolish ILR, migrants reapply every five years.
Labour proposes extending ILR applications from five to ten years, with unclear retrospective effect.

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Mahmood Introduces ILR

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) rules: a spotless criminal record, employment, and English proficiency.
The ILR period will rise from five to ten years. She warned concerns could swing working-class voters toward Reform UK.
She linked migrants' contributions to National Insurance and volunteering, noting her immigrant background, and contrasted Labour with Reform UK proposals.

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