{
  "id": 17824903,
  "title": "Shabana Mahmood softens immigration plans in face of cabinet backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/shabana-mahmood-softens-immigration-plans-in-face-of-cabinet-backlash",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T16:04:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/02/shabana-mahmood-softens-immigration-plans-cabinet-backlash-leave-to-remain"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Exception for care workers will allow up to 300,000 people to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years UK politics live – latest updates Shabana Mahmood has softened plans to force low-paid workers to wait 15 years before settlement in the UK following a backlash from fellow cabinet ministers and backbench Labour MPs. Under pressure from health unions to make an exception for care…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}