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The prime minister wants an ‘honest discussion’ about how immigration has changed since Brexit This is what Shabana Mahmood said in her interview with the BBC’s Iain Watson when he put it to her that the care worker U-turn in her ILR announcement yesterday (see 9.11am ) would mea

The prime minister wants an ‘honest discussion’ about how immigration has changed since Brexit This is what Shabana Mahmood said in her interview with the BBC’s Iain Watson when he put it to her that the care worker U-turn in her ILR announcement yesterday (see 9.11am ) would mean the government saying £7.5bn less than under the original plans. This figure seems to be based on Mahmood saying earlier this year the original plans would save £10bn, and her estimate that three-quarters of workers who would have been covered are now included in the exemption announced yesterday. Look, I’m not going to just give you a number.

It will be laid out properly in an impact assessment. But we do already know that the changes that I have announced today, including the changes for the cohort that will now not get settlement at five years, including care workers not working in care who are most likely to fall upon the state once they got settlement, they will now be waiting longer, and that does represent billions in savings to the DWP. Continue reading...