Nigel Farage’s latest plan to clamp down on immigration is already “falling apart” just hours after being unveiled. The Reform UK leader has promised to end the so-called “indefinite leave to remain” status for migrants if he wins the next election. Known as ILR, it allows anyone who has lived in the UK for more than five years to receive benefits and apply for citizenship. Under the Reform plans, new applicants would have to meet certain criteria, including a higher salary threshold and better standard of English.

They would have to have lived in the UK for seven years, up from five, and there would be tighter restrictions on bringing spouses and children to the UK.

The new visa would also prevent any access to benefits.

Farage claimed this would reverse the surge in immigra

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