Jack Elsom
@JackElsom
Political Editor of @TheSun
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Great spot from Martina.
In her original plans, Mahmood proposed limiting welfare to migrants with citizenship - a higher bar than permanent residency.
But no mention of this in the final package today... 🤔
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Shabana Mahmood has dropped her original plans to bar migrants from claiming benefits after securing permanent residency.
The consultation floated making them wait until British citizenship to access welfare.
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