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Home secretary to announce revised rules on when legal migrants can settle in UK

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Covered by 4 outlets, mostly center (75%).

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to announce revised rules on how long legal migrants must wait before they can settle permanently in the UK. The Guardian reports that most would wait about a decade and some up to 15 years, and says MPs warn the changes risk staff shortages in health and social care. BBC News and Sky News describe the statement as a revised proposal on settlement, and the Financial Times reports that Prime Minister Burnham has signalled a softer tone on legal migration ahead of it. BBC political editor Chris Mason writes that the changes face scrutiny over fairness to migrants and British workers.

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  1. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to announce new rules on how long legal migrants must wait for settlement in the UK.

    Reported byLeft1Center3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    Sky News, BBC News, Financial Times

  2. The Guardian reports that most affected migrants would wait a decade and some up to 15 years for settlement.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  3. MPs say the new rules risk staff shortages in health and social care, according to the Guardian.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  4. The proposal has been revised from the original plan, according to the BBC.

    One outletBBC News· Center

  5. The prime minister’s comments have signalled a softer tone on legal migration before the home secretary’s statement.

    One outletFinancial Times· Center

  6. Prime Minister Burnham declined to say that net migration is still too high.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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  • Are the revised settlement rules tougher or softer?

    The Guardian headline and live blog describe the settlement rules as tougher, with waits of a decade or more. The Financial Times describes the prime minister’s comments as a signal of a softer tone on legal migration.

How each side tells it

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All sides report Shabana Mahmood will announce revised rules on how long legal migrants wait for settlement. The left stresses waits of a decade or more and staffing risks in health and social care; the center stresses the revised proposal and the debate over fairness.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Guardian headlines frame the rules as tougher, leading with the decade-plus wait for settlement and warnings about staffing in health and social care.

    Home secretary to make some migrants wait 10 years or more for right to settle in UK
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    3 outlets

    Center headlines report the announcement neutrally as new or revised settlement rules, while the FT stresses a softer tone from the prime minister.

    Mahmood to set out changes to settlement rules for legal migrants
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

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    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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    …in a statement to MPs, Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons speaker, erupts with fury and rants and raves at the Treasury bench about how all the main points have already been leaked…

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What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • 10-year or longer settlement waits
  • risk of health and social care staff shortages
  • second Windrush scandal
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From the center

3 outlets

Leads with

  • revised settlement proposal
  • scrutiny over fairness
  • softer tone from the prime minister

Leaves out

  • MPs’ warnings about health and social care staffing

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    The Guardian, Nov 1, 1:48 PM EST

  • Center

    2 hr 42 min later

    Its first report, Nov 1, 4:30 PM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

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  1. The GuardianLeftNov 1, 1:48 PM EST
  2. Sky NewsCenterNov 1, 4:30 PM EST
  3. BBC NewsCenterNov 2, 6:29 AM EST
  4. Financial TimesCenterNov 2, 8:43 AM EST

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