Ian Dunt
We seem to be getting somewhere here. The retrospective and inequality elements are the most egregious, so MPs are right to focus on them. But the whole package of proposals is counter-productive, mean and pointess www.politico.eu/article/keir...

Starmer mulls compromise on mi...
Starmer mulls compromise on migration reforms after backlash from MPs

Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner branded the plans “un-British” in a speech on Tuesday night.

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Show threadIan DuntMar 19
What is accomplished by forcing people to wait 10 years for residency? Nothing. How does that improve integration, or public services, or the economy? It doesn't. How does it even pretend to treat people with dignity? It can't. How will it improve Labour's election prospects? It won't.
Show threadIan DuntMar 19
The whole thing is barren, vicious, immoral, small-minded, redundant. The product of an administration which is uninterested in improving the country but seeks only short term favourable coverage, which it cannot secure.