Overview
- Home Office billed the package as the largest recent rewrite of asylum policy, with Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood set to brief Parliament on Monday.
- Refugee status would be cut from five years to 30 months, subject to regular reviews and return when origin countries are judged safe.
- Legal duties to provide automatic housing and weekly payments would end, making support discretionary for those deemed able to work or who offend.
- People granted protection would face a 20-year wait for permanent residence, replacing the current five-year route.
- The measures would apply to new arrivals and drew immediate criticism from charities, as record asylum applications and Reform UK’s rise increase pressure on Labour.