Burnham says foreign care workers should be ‘welcomed’ and suggests they could be exempt from settlement crackdown – UK politics live

Prime Minister Andy Burnham says foreign care workers should be welcomed and potentially exempted from a Home Office plan to extend settlement waiting periods, per The Guardian. Currently, migrant workers can apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years. Under Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's proposal, the typical timeline would extend to ten years, with care workers potentially facing fifteen years — justified on the basis that workers in lower-wage sectors contribute less in taxes. On Monday, Burnham signaled a different approach for the care sector.

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