UK home secretary to demand migrants earn rights to settles status

UK: Migrants will have to prove they are contributing to society to earn the right to remain in the UK, the home secretary is set to announce.

In her Labour conference speech, Shabana Mahmood will outline a series of new conditions migrants have to meet to qualify for indefinite leave to remain.

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Under the proposals, legal migrants will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community to be granted permanent settlement status.

Labour says the policy draws a clear dividing line between the government and Reform UK, which says it would abolish indefinite leave to remain.