‘Temporary work visa holders shouldn’t stay in UK forever,’ Badenoch tells Labour
Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has urged the Labour government to retain its proposed 10-year qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain (ILR), insisting that temporary work visas should not automatically lead to permanent settlement in Britain.
She argued that extending the qualifying period to 10 years would not amount to changing the rules retrospectively, stressing that temporary work visas do not confer an automatic right to permanent residence.
Badenoch made the call in a post on her X handle on Monday while releasing a letter addressed to the UK’s Home Secretary, in which she criticised efforts by some Labour lawmakers to dilute the government’s planned immigration reforms.
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