"In an interview earlier this month, Lam, a shadow Home Office minister, said that the party's policy was to revoke ILR, and people would go home in order to ensure the UK was mostly culturally coherent. Her comments prompted some Conservative MPs to complain to party whips, and renewed focus on a Conservative draft bill tabled in May, under which people would lose ILR if they or a dependant claimed any benefit or if their income was less than 38,700."
"But speaking on Thursday, Badenoch clarified this was not the plan. No, we're not. We're not being retrospective, the Conservative leader said. The only element that could result in someone losing their ILR could be if they committed a crime, which was already the case, she said, adding: But we have a principle. We don't believe in making things retrospective."
An imprecise earlier statement suggested a policy to revoke indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and to remove settled status from many families, prompting concern about the future of legally settled residents. The draft bill proposed loss of ILR for benefit claimants or those earning under £38,700. Conservative leadership clarified that rule changes will not be applied retrospectively and that ILR would only be removed on criminal grounds already in place. Commitment to leaving the European convention on human rights was cited as enabling denial of benefits to non‑EU overseas nationals. The leadership emphasized policy coherence and adaptation to legal changes.
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