Replace settlement-led migration with tightly controlled renewable visas

Use renewable five-year visas, higher salary and English thresholds, and capped access for acute shortages.

Reconstruction: reduce legal migration much more sharply, replace the normal indefinite-leave-to-remain path for most work migrants with renewable five-year visas, raise salary and English requirements, restrict dependants and tightly cap acute-shortage access.

Caveat: this is a reconstructed party direction, not legislation. Treatment of existing residents, exceptions and transitions requires confirmation.

Source: Reform UK — Our Contract with You and later policy statements · Open reference