BACKBENCHERS have warned Prime Minister Andy Burnham of a growing rebellion against hard-line immigration reforms pushed by Shabana Mahmood, left MPs said.

Another six MPs are to join a motion on Tuesday evening, demanding the Home Secretary drop changes to the indefinite leave to remain (ILR).

This would bring the total number of MPs standing against Ms Mahmood’s reforms to 63, warning that “retrospective changes to this pathway would undermine confidence in the immigration system, damage the UK’s international reputation, and risk exacerbating skills shortages.”

Changes to the ILR reforms would see double the required length of stay in Britain for many migrants to obtain permanent residency from five to 10 years.

Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan, who tabled the motion, warned the Prime Minister that changes to this pathway risked becoming a “Windrush-style scandal.”

“It is about treating people fairly and keeping your word. Those are Labour values,” Mr Duncan-Jordan told the Morning Star.

“The risk of a Windrush-style scandal on a massive scale is obvious, as is the damage this would inflict on our public services. You cannot launch a National Care Service while showing desperately needed workers the door.

“What message does it send about the sort of country we are if we go back on our word like a cheap con-man to those workers?”

The Poole MP said previous plans to “rip up the government’s agreement with migrant workers” under former PM Sir Keir Starmer was “simply un-British.”

He added that Mr Burnham “must see the impending disaster here and dump this botched plan too.”

Seema Syeda, advocacy director for the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), urged MPs to go further, by calling for “‘earned settlement’ proposals to be scrapped in their entirety. A five-year pathway for skilled worker visa holders isn’t enough.

“They tear at the heart of our communities and will create a class of hyper-exploited, hyper-precarious migrant workers.”

And co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public Dr John Puntis said it was “heartening” that many MPs are backing the motion, “with hopefully more to follow, and sending a clear message to the government that this is simply unacceptable.”

He added that Ms Mahmood’s “shocking” plans would damage the public health service and the social care system, which “rely heavily on workers from overseas and the generosity of their home countries who have provided training.”