From: JNugent73@mail.com 
  
 On 22/09/2025 03:43 PM, Ottavio Caruso wrote: 
  
 > In view of the recent statements from Farage and co., I'd like to ask: 
 > 
 > 1) Can the UK Parliament change (not revoke [1], that's a different 
 > story) an existing status of ILR, so that that holder of ILR will be 
 > asked to re-apply? And if somebody challenged that in court, would they 
 > have any ground? 
  
 That would depend upon the wording of the law. Parliament could specify 
 that someone whose *indefinite* leave to remain had now been made 
 decidedly *definite* and *finite* had no recourse to an appeal to any 
 appellate body outside British jurisdiction or even to no more than a 
 review by an officer at the same level as the decision-maker who had 
 just made the decision. 
  
 In fact, such provision would, I suggest, be essential. Otherwise, the 
 UK would be in the same mess after the change as before it. 
 > 
 > 2) If existing ILR's had a stipulation that the holder has unlimited 
 > access to welfare at the same terms and conditions as a UK citizen, can 
 > the UK Parliament remove this access to welfare? And if somebody 
 > challenged that in court, would they have any ground? 
  
 Parliament can change any law it has made. If it wasnts the changes to 
 stick, it has to make sure that no "higher" authority than Parliament 
 specifies can stick an oar in. 
  
 > [1] 
 > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revoking-an-indefin 
 te-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk-process/revocation-of-indefinite-leave- 
 accessible 
  
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