# Home Office consultation drew few British citizens, figures show

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/four-in-five-people-who-took-the-home-offices-immigration-poll-were-not-british-figures-show/
- Published: 2026-11-03T01:43:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T02:07:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16260317/people-Home-Offices-immigration-poll-NOT-British.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Elections, Markets, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Fewer than one in five respondents identified as British.
- Current visa holders made up 73 per cent of replies.
- Conservatives criticised the policy response to the consultation.

## Summary

Official figures show that fewer than one in five respondents to a Home Office consultation on tougher rules for indefinite leave to remain were British citizens. The results have fuelled criticism from the Conservatives and a migration think tank, who argue that people affected by the proposed rules had a strong voice in shaping policy.

More than 200,000 people responded, including 73 per cent who were current visa holders; the Home Office said the 18 per cent who identified as British may include visa holders’ spouses or family members. Among respondents, 51 per cent identified as Asian or British Asian, 19 per cent as White, 12 per cent as Black or Black British, and three per cent as mixed or multiple ethnic groups. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp criticised what he called a policy reversal and claimed it could allow hundreds of thousands of care workers to remain in the UK; the £10 billion cost and other claims in the article are attributed to him.

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