CJ McKinney
@cjmckinney.bsky.social
Parliamentary adviser on immigration and asylum. Child of the Common Travel Area. Views, if any, are my own. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/cj-mckinney/
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November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Provided a recommendation to slim it down survives the lobbying from government departments outraged that their jobs plan has been rejected…
I think on ILR he is speculating as much as anyone else. But it wouldn’t be the first time that the details of a policy are much softer than the headline.
I think on ILR he is speculating as much as anyone else. But it wouldn’t be the first time that the details of a policy are much softer than the headline.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Provided a recommendation to slim it down survives the lobbying from government departments outraged that their jobs plan has been rejected…
I think on ILR he is speculating as much as anyone else. But it wouldn’t be the first time that the details of a policy are much softer than the headline.
I think on ILR he is speculating as much as anyone else. But it wouldn’t be the first time that the details of a policy are much softer than the headline.
Good point. I'd say the labour market wasn't great in 2008-2011, which may be a factor in low uptake of PSW in the period covered by the chart.
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Good point. I'd say the labour market wasn't great in 2008-2011, which may be a factor in low uptake of PSW in the period covered by the chart.
Checking people's PAYE records before stopping benefit on the basis of flight data, which it says at the end is now being resumed, seems like such a sensible safeguard that you'd wonder why they ever stopped!
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Checking people's PAYE records before stopping benefit on the basis of flight data, which it says at the end is now being resumed, seems like such a sensible safeguard that you'd wonder why they ever stopped!
It will, but not on its own, according to the underlying guidance and secondary legislation. (In practice a lot of employers seem to think that anything with your name on it is proof of right to work.)
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It will, but not on its own, according to the underlying guidance and secondary legislation. (In practice a lot of employers seem to think that anything with your name on it is proof of right to work.)
Irish citizens do need a National Insurance number, as well as a passport, to work in the UK and that isn't considered a breach of Common Travel Area arrangements. So potentially you could issue digital ID simultaneously with NI numbers.
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Irish citizens do need a National Insurance number, as well as a passport, to work in the UK and that isn't considered a breach of Common Travel Area arrangements. So potentially you could issue digital ID simultaneously with NI numbers.