Retroactive ILR repeal goes mainstream

Reform UK pledges to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain and rescind it for recent migrants, replacing permanent status with five‑year, stricter visas. It also proposes restricting welfare and social housing to citizens. Making retroactive status rollbacks a headline pledge moves immigration rights reversal into the core of national policy debate. — Normalizing retroactive immigration status changes would upend long‑standing integration norms and create a new precedent for large‑scale rights reversal tied to electoral mandates.