Overview

• Reform UK proposes abolishing Indefinite Leave to Remain, moving people onto five‑year renewable visas with higher salary and English requirements, and limiting welfare and social housing to citizens.
• Nigel Farage said proposed benefit bans would not apply to Ukrainians and Hong Kongers, while indicating Afghan cases could be treated differently.
• The Centre for Policy Studies says the £234bn savings figure cited by Reform UK should no longer be used, though Farage has continued to defend it and suggested he would seek an EU deal over settled status benefits.
• Business groups and immigration lawyers warn the plan is unworkable and likely to face court challenges, and care leaders in Wales say it risks a significant hit to staffing in a sector reliant on overseas workers.
• Families with settled status or on settlement routes report fear and uncertainty about their futures, with charities highlighting that 213,666 people with ILR are on universal credit and could be affected.