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Rayner challenges Mahmood over care workers' 15-year wait to settle

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said on the eve of Labour's conference that making foreign care workers wait 15 years to settle would move the goalposts. Most migrants would wait 10 years instead of five under Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plan, which covers arrivals since 2021. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy rejected claims the plan is un-British, saying most arrivals never had an automatic right to citizenship.

By BriefTea Editorial · 26 September 2026 at 13:20

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