英国内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德因多次拒绝向同事披露其移民制度改革导致无家可归率上升的内部评估结果，引发了内阁其他部长的强烈愤慨 1。尽管官方声称新制度旨在最小化对贫困群体的影响，但住房部门及相关官员担忧，取消永久居留权及结束使用庇护酒店等措施可能导致流浪人数激增，进而危及社会凝聚力 1。上月发布的内部影响评估承认，若大幅削减个人可支配收入用于偿还费用，可能使相关人员陷入财务困境或赤贫状态，从而增加对无家可归服务的需求 1。
现任住房大臣安吉拉·雷纳要求提供更多政策细节，并担心将寻求庇护者从酒店转移至多人合租房的做法会重新点燃反移民抗议活动 1。此前担任住房大臣的史蒂夫·里德等人也曾指出，该提案可能阻碍政府在议会任期结束时实现将露宿街头人数减半的目标 1。面对争议，内政部发言人辩称，结束使用庇护酒店不会直接导致人员无家可归，且自大选以来相关改革已为纳税人节省超过10亿英镑 1。首相虽支持马哈茂德，但也明确要求确保各行业获得必要支持 1。
随着护理行业面临潜在的人员危机，部长们计划在未来10天内召开会议，决定是否将护理工作者排除在收紧合法移民定居身份的计划之外 1。与此同时，政府承诺在圣诞节前为所有流浪者提供住所，这一目标加剧了高层对于移民政策副作用的协商紧迫性 1。
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has provoked strong disapproval from fellow government ministers after repeatedly refusing to disclose the Home Office’s internal assessment regarding the impact of her proposed migration reforms on homelessness rates 1. While official statements assert that the new system is designed to minimize adverse effects on vulnerable populations, housing ministers and other departments fear that measures such as ending permanent residency rights and abolishing asylum hotels could lead to a surge in rough sleepers and threaten social cohesion 1.
Despite these concerns, a Home Office spokesperson maintains that ending the use of asylum hotels will not result in individuals becoming homeless, noting that the reforms have already saved taxpayers more than £1 billion since the general election 1. However, an internal impact assessment released last month acknowledged that if repayments significantly reduce disposable income, it could push individuals into financial hardship or destitution, thereby increasing demand for homelessness services 1. Former Housing Minister Steve Reed previously warned that the proposals might hinder the government's target to halve rough sleeping numbers by the end of the parliamentary term, while current Housing Minister Angela Rayner has demanded greater transparency and expressed concern that moving asylum seekers from hotels into multi-occupancy shared accommodation could reignite anti-immigration protests 1.
The dispute coincides with commitments to address rough sleeping, adding urgency to negotiations aimed at resolving the policy clash 1. Beyond housing, the care sector faces a potential workforce crisis, with ministers scheduled to meet within the next ten days to decide whether to exempt care workers from tightened plans for legal migrants’ settlement status 1. Although the Prime Minister supports Mahmood’s approach, he has explicitly required that safeguards be put in place to ensure necessary support continues for affected industries 1.
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