October 1, 2025
Speak good English, pay taxes and give back if you want to stay forever
Britain plans to tighten the rules on how immigrants can permanently settle by making applicants prove their value to society, including the ability to speak a “high level” of English, Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said Monday. The plan is the latest government effort to increase the popularity of the United Kingdom’s populist reform, which has led to the debate on tackling immigration and forced Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the Labor Party to harden his policies. Most immigrants can today apply for “vague permission to stay” after five years in Britain, a regime that gives them the right to live












