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Helen McCarthy
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Research director at NatCen Social Research. Interested in migration, integration and citizenship.
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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.
jdportes.bsky.social Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Oct 22
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.
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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A more personal substack post today about the first refugee I hosted through @refugeesathome.bsky.social .

It's not something I talk about much but I felt I needed to write something in response to the increasingly hostile environment for refugees.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-path-t...
The path to citizenship the UK has choked off - to our detriment
A story of hope and anger and one man called B.
christinapagel.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM