Changing visa rules for care workers is wrong, says Rayner

Changing visa rules for care workers is wrong, says Rayner8 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleIain Watson,Political correspondentandJoshua Nevett,Political reporterBBCFormer Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said changing visa rules for migrants already living in the UK would be "the wrong thing to do", repeating her criticism of some of the Labour government's immigration policies.Rayner told the BBC it would be "un-British" to make care staff already in the UK wait for up to 15 years - rather than the current five - before being allowed to settle permanently.She said controlling the borders was "completely different" to taking "retrospective action on people who have made a life here".The UK government has consulted on immigration rule changes and a decision on the…

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