Stop the 10 or 15-year settlement route for UK care workers

Stop the 10 or 15-year settlement route for UK care workers — 8 signatures. Status: rejected.

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We ask the Government and Parliament to scrap the 10 or 15-year settlement rule for care workers, restore a fair 5 year route, stop applying changes retroactively. Regulate employers—not punishing honest workers who support the UK’s vital care sector.

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The 15-year rule is unfair and punishes care workers who followed every law, paid taxes, and supported the UK during critical shortages. It creates insecurity, harms recruitment, and devalues essential work. Abuse in the system was caused by poor oversight, not workers. The government should protect honest carers, apply no retroactive changes, and create a fair, stable path to settlement.

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