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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Remember, remember the fifth of November.
For Andy Burnham, however, it could be a whole month he'd rather forget.
In my Saturday long read:
• Government whips sounding out MPs amid fears of an immigration rebellion stretching well beyond 100 Labour backbenchers. Major concessions coming next week.
• Warnings that the PIP review could be far more controversial than expected.
• A 10-year plan looming around the EU summit, and growing grumblings within Government about the PM’s endless “open conversations”.
Plenty of political fireworks ahead. 🎆
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