Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms are set to be brought before Parliament next week – just before MPs leave for a recess – to thwart the threat of a major backbench rebellion.
A bitter Cabinet rift has emerged over the Home Secretary’s plans to toughen rules for more than a million migrants.
Dozens of Labour MPs have indicated they could vote against the legislation. The row centres on Ms Mahmood’s plans to lengthen the time migrants would have to wait to gain Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK from five years to up to 15 – and to apply this retrospectively.
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