Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood MP speaks on stage during day two of the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool in Liverpool, England, on Sept. 29, 2025. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Immigrants coming to the United Kingdom will have to wait longer and fulfil tougher new citizenship criteria to be granted the right to remain indefinitely under proposals outlined by the government.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Monday that “division within this country will grow” if her party fails to engage with people’s concerns about soaring levels of immigration.
