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Cabinet split deepens over making foreign workers wait 15 years for permanent residency
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wants to triple the current five-year timeline for settlement, covering anyone who moved to the UK since 2021. But Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh repeatedly avoided backing the exact measure during a Sky News broadcast on Wednesday. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner and dozens of Labour MPs have already rejected the idea, while some politicians want to exempt care workers.
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