Helen McCarthy

@1helenm.bsky.social

Research director at NatCen Social Research. Interested in migration, integration and citizenship.

It didn't use to be normal to hit even 32°C It's now happened every year since 2010 It certainly wasn't normal to hit 35°C It happened in just 10 summers in the 20th Century It's happened 9 times in the first 26 years of the 21st Century 6/

Lords Juetice and Home Affairs Committee inquiry on Settlement, Citixenship & Integration Calls on government to rehink its settlement reforms - timelines > 10 years would damage intergration + make UK an outlier - retrospective application is "manifestly unfair".

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A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids. publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

Revocation of Indefinite Leave to Remain in certain circumstances Indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom is revoked with respect to a person (“P”) if any of the following conditions apply. Condition 1 is that P is defined as a “foreign criminal” under section 32 of the UK Borders Act 2007. Condition 2 is that P was granted indefinite leave to remain after the coming into force of this Act, but would not be eligible for indefinite leave under the requirements of section 2. Condition 3 is that P, or any dependents of P, have been in receipt of any form of “social protection” (including housing) from the UK Government or 5 10 15 20 25 30 353 Immigration and Visas Bill Part 3—VISAS a local authority, where “social protection” is defined according to the Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses, subject to any further definition by immigration rules. (5) (6) (7) (8) 4 5 (1) (2) (3) (4) (1) Condition 4 is that P’s annual income has fallen below £38,700 for six months or more in aggregate during the relevant qualification period, or subsequent to receiving indefinite leave to remain.