安吉拉·雷纳此前曾表示，这些计划“不符合英国传统”，部长们不应“移动球门”。
Angela Rayner previously said plans were "un-British" and ministers shouldn't shift "the goalposts".
杰克·芬威克撰稿 今天的宣布在政府内部早就被视为一个潜在的政治“香蕉皮”（注：比喻容易滑倒、出丑的棘手问题）。
By Jack Fenwick Today's announcement has long been viewed in government as a potential political banana skin.
去年内政大臣宣布对定居制度变更的首个版本时，许多工党议员，包括住房大臣安吉拉·雷纳，都对这些计划表达了担忧。
When the home secretary announced her first version of changes to the settlement system last year, many Labour MPs, including the housing secretary Angela Rayner, voiced their concerns about the plans.
但当时有一种感觉，基尔·斯塔默爵士的政府决心不顾一切地强行推进。沙巴娜·马哈茂德本人多次表达了她认为这些改革多么重要。
But there was a feeling that Sir Keir Starmer's government was determined to plough on regardless. Shabana Mahmood herself repeatedly expressed how important she believed the reforms were.
但夏天首相的更替，让那些不满的工党议员重燃希望，认为他们能迫使内政部做出两项改变。
But the change of prime minister over the summer gave renewed hope to those unhappy Labour MPs that they could force the Home Office into two changes.
首先是社会护理工作者——根据最初的计划，许多社会护理工作者将不得不等待15年才有资格获得定居身份。
Firstly, social care workers – under the original plans many social care workers would have had to wait 15 years before becoming eligible for settlement.
其次是计划的追溯性——一些议员对这样一种想法感到不安：有人来到英国，原本预期五年后有资格获得定居身份，结果却被要求等待更长时间。
Secondly, the retrospective nature of the plans – some MPs were uncomfortable at the idea of someone coming to the UK and expecting to be eligible for settlement after five years, but then having to wait longer.
安吉拉·雷纳将其描述为“不符合英国传统”，并表示政府不应“移动球门”。
Angela Rayner described that as "un-British" and said the government shouldn't be shifting "the goalposts".
她在安迪·伯纳姆麾下回归内阁担任住房大臣，并选择在9月工党大会期间的一次采访中重申那些批评。
She returned to the cabinet under Andy Burnham as housing secretary and chose to repeat those criticisms in an interview during the Labour Party conference in September.
这被视为政府高层关于是否削弱这些计划的辩论确实正在激烈进行的证据。
That was seen as evidence that a debate inside the top levels of government about whether to water down the plans was well and truly rumbling on.
对于所有想要改变的工党议员来说，也有其他议员，特别是那些在支持脱欧地区的议员，希望内政大臣坚持既定路线。
For all the Labour MPs who wanted a change, there were others, particularly those in Brexit-supporting areas, who wanted the home secretary to stick the course.
政府内部一些人担心，会提供他们眼中所谓的“猫薄荷”（注：比喻极具吸引力的诱饵）给改革党和保守党。
Some inside government felt nervous about providing what they saw as catnip to Reform and the Conservatives.
所有这些因素加在一起，构成了自伯纳姆走进唐宁街10号大门以来，不得不做出的较为困难的决定之一。
All of that added up to one of the more difficult decisions that has had to be taken since Burnham walked through the doors of Number 10.
最终，部长们选择对护理人员的提案进行削弱——那些在2025年5月前到达并年收入至少2.5万英镑的人，将在五年内获得定居资格。但该计划的追溯性——雷纳所称的“移动目标线”——并未改变。
In the end ministers chose to water down the proposals for care workers – those who arrived before May 2025 and earn at least £25,000 a year will qualify for settlement in five years. But the retrospective nature of the plans, the thing Rayner described as shifting "the goalposts", hasn't changed.
尽管如此，劳工党议员在马哈穆德早前于下议院发表声明时，大多并未严厉批评。
Despite that, the majority of Labour MPs pulled their punches when Mahmood made a statement in the House of Commons earlier.
或许最强烈的反对来自瑞秋·马斯克尔，她对追溯性元素并不认同——但党内左翼的其他人士，包括约翰·麦克多奈尔和黛安·阿博特，虽持批评态度，却并未尖锐抨击。在议会厅外，劳工党人士的情绪与绿席上的发言大致相同。
Perhaps the strongest pushback came from Rachael Maskell, who is no fan of the retrospective element -- but others on the left of the party, including John McDonnel and Diane Abbott, were critical without being scathing. Outside the Commons chamber, the mood among Labour folk was pretty similar to what was said from the green benches.
一位潜在批评者表示，虽然他们个人仍对今天公布的计划存有顾虑，但他们认为内政大臣已成功暂时消除了政治上的刺痛感。
One would-be critic said that while they personally still had concerns about the plans announced today, they believed the Home Secretary had successfully taken the political sting out of the situation for now.
他们称议员和工会的运动为社会护理人员的定居权争取到了“一次重大胜利”，但仍预计会收到受到新规负面影响的选民来信。
They said the campaign by MPs and unions had led to a "big win" on settlement for social care workers, but said they were still expecting to hear from constituents negatively affected by the new rules.
一位十号府消息人士赞扬马哈穆德在议会中的“毫不留情”表现，认为她“找到了恰当的平衡”，并称该宣布在劳工党同僚中得到的反响已是尽可能好的。当然，内政大臣仍需应对其他政党的批评。
One Number 10 source praised Mahmood's "take no prisoners" performance in the chamber, argued she had "found the right balance" and said the announcement had gone down as well as could be expected with Labour colleagues. Of course, the home secretary will still need to deal with criticism from other parties.
她在保守党方面的对应人物克里斯·菲尔普指责马哈穆德出现了重大政策回转。
Her opposite number for the Conservatives, Chris Philp, accused Mahmood of a significant U-turn.
菲尔普强调她此前曾声称——让护理人员更快获得定居资格可能会让英国损失100亿英镑。
Philp highlighted a claim she had previously made – that allowing care workers to reach settlement more quickly could cost the UK £10bn.
今天公布的社会护理人员计划将导致约50万人其定居路径被延迟，而若按去年原方案执行，该数字本应约为80万人。
The social care workers plans announced today will see around 500,000 people have their path to settlement delayed, that number would have been around 800,000 under the original plans last year.
在接受BBC采访时，马哈茂德不愿说她削弱计划会带来什么样的财务负担。她也拒绝确认伯纳姆是否直接要求她削弱这些计划。这些是她在未来几周内需要处理的棘手问题。但政府内部的普遍看法是，这是一个已成功跨越的政治障碍。
In an interview with the BBC, Mahmood wouldn't say what sort of financial burden her watering down would result in. She also refused to confirm whether Burnham had directly asked her to water down the plans. They are tricky questions that she will have to navigate over the coming weeks. But the general view within government is that this is one political hurdle that has been successfully jumped.
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