U.K. PM Burnham backs principle of ‘earned settlement’ in immigration rules

The supplied articles describe disagreement over UK immigration policy, including a proposed longer settlement qualifying period and comments attributed to Andy Burnham supporting an earned-settlement principle.

• The Hindu excerpt says a draft earned-settlement overhaul proposed raising the baseline settlement qualifying period from five years to 15 years.· 1 source
• The GB News article says Shabana Mahmood proposed changing the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain from five years to at least 10 years and launched a consultation after Labour opposition.· 1 source
• The GB News report attributes to Andy Burnham the view that Brexit weakened the UK’s ability to return people, while Mahmood rejected Brexit as the cause of small-boat crossings.· 1 source