4 d. ago Immigrants face 'good citizen' test to win the right to stay in Britain permanently as Labour tries to look tough

Anyone seeking 'indefinite leave to remain' (ILR) in Britain should have a 'spotless' criminal record, Shabana Mahmood will say.

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4 d. ago Migrants will have to meet 'good citizen' standard to stay in the UK, says Shabana Mahmood

Asylum seekers will need to be working, paying national insurance and not be claiming benefits, under proposed changes

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4 d. ago Foreign nationals must have a 'spotless' criminal record to win the right to stay in Britain permanently, says Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood

Foreign nationals who commit crime in Britain could be barred from winning 'settled' status to stay here permanently, the Home Secretary will announce.

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7 d. ago 'We knew that whatever happened, our truth would come out': How Noureddin Bongo used spy glasses in prison to film captors

In part three of The Standard’s interview with Noureddin Bongo, he speaks about the secret device he smuggled into prison which enabled him to record his captors

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1 week ago Nigel Farage says UK shouldn't be 'world's food bank' as he unveils migration plan

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage vowed to toughen up the rules by demanding migrants earn higher salaries and meet a higher standard of English

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3 w. ago ‘Unpaid wages, searing heat, long hours’: why workers are quitting the world’s largest renewable energy park

A vast migrant labour force is helping India meet its ambitious renewable energy goals, drawn by promises of good wages and perks. But many say they are forced to ‘escape’ without payA month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 others who had travelled with him to work on the construction of a solar project, Alam had hoped that the promised pay and perks would support his family back home on the farm in Bihar. But within two weeks he was having second thoughts.“Nothing really prepared us for where we would be working or the fact that it was so far from the nearest village. The work was strenuous, the shifts were 12 hours, and we were living in makeshift tents,” says Alam. Continue reading...

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