Labour MPs threaten vote to show opposition to Mahmood's migration plans
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Key Points:
- Labour MPs opposing the government's immigration reforms plan to force a symbolic parliamentary vote unless ministers reverse plans to double the time migrants must wait for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) from five to ten years.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood intends to apply the new ILR rules to migrants already in the UK, a move criticized by Labour figures including former deputy leader Angela Rayner as "un-British."
- The Home Office claims the reforms, inspired by Denmark's Social Democrats, aim to reduce net migration, which it estimates added 2.6 million people to the UK population between 2021 and 2024.
- Over 200,000 responses have been received in a Home Office consultation, but some Labour
