By: Bitethehand

Bitethehand
Mon, 06 Oct 2025 05:03:46 +0000

In reply to Anakei Ess.

No doubt Starmer or more likely one of his staff, would have checked the figures to ascertain that successful applicants for Indefinite Leave to Remain were of a non white ethnicity. As such scrapping ILR would be discriminating contrary to the UK’s Race Relations Act 1976.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/74/enacted

2021 Census ethnicity categories:

Asian or Asian British

Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Any other Asian background

Black, Black British, Caribbean or African

Caribbean
African
Any other Black, Black British, or Caribbean background
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups
White and Black Caribbean
White and Black African
White and Asian
Any other Mixed or multiple ethnic background.

White

English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British
Irish
Gypsy or Irish Traveller
Roma
Any other White background

Other ethnic group

Arab

Any other ethnic group

In Wales, ‘Welsh’ is the first option in the White category.

According to the 2021 Census, the total population of England and Wales was 59.6 million, and 81.7% of the population was white.