PoliticsBurnham declines to say net migration remains too high as Mahmood prepares tougher settlement rules

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to present the final version of plans making foreign workers wait longer to apply for indefinite leave to remain. The original proposals set waits of 10 years for most workers and 15 for care workers, including people already in the UK. Andy Burnham declined to say legal migration was too high, while calling small-boat crossings too high.

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