Rayner criticises care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has criticised government plans to extend the residency wait for foreign care workers, days before Labour's annual conference.

• Rayner told the Times the reforms "change the goalposts" for care workers who "moved their lives here to look after our loved ones," calling the change "very disruptive."
• Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the government will set out its new settlement policy, with any transitional arrangements, later this year.
• Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering exempting care workers already in the UK from the new rules, which more than 100 Labour MPs have opposed.
• Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy rejected describing the plans as "un-British," saying Labour reserves the right to change its mind or stick to its plans.