Burnham's immigration challenges: Rebecca Tester comments to Solicitors Journal and Employer News
- Jul 3
- 1 min read
A forthcoming Burnham administration will have to confront the tension between demonstrating migration control and businesses’ need for skilled workers to foster economic growth.
The next government will also have to examine Labour's earned settlement proposals, which would extend the standard settlement period for migrants from 5 to 10 years and introduce a new framework assessing their economic and societal contributions.
Commenting to Solicitors Journal and Employer News, Immigration Partner Rebecca Tester said: “Rather than abandoning the earned settlement proposals, we believe the more likely outcome is that a Burnham government would refine the policy—maintaining the principle that settlement should be earned while introducing sensible changes that reduce uncertainty for migrants already contributing to the UK economy.”
You can read Rebecca’s comments here:
Solicitors Journal: Labour’s immigration policy faces a crossroads