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ILR
abbreviation
indefinite leave to remain: an immigration status permitting a person to work or study in the UK without limit of time
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Speaking to the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme as Labour's autumn conference began in Liverpool, Sir Keir was asked whether he thought scrapping ILR was a racist policy.
In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood suggested she wanted to look at changing the law to tighten rules around claiming ILR.
Last week, Reform UK announced it will replace ILR with visas and force migrants to reapply every five years, if the party wins the next election.
ILR is a key route to gaining British citizenship and allows people to claim benefits.
But more than 44% say they support ending ILR as a policy, while 43% are opposed to the idea.
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