Don’t Move the Goalposts: Extra Time for Fair Settlement for Everyone

🗓 Wednesday 18th March, 12:30pm - 2pm
📍 Outside Houses of Parliament, Victoria Tower South Gardens, Westminster, SW1P 3JA
REGISTER: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dontmovethegoalposts-march-2026/

When people came to the UK, the rules were clear. They have worked hard, joined community life, and are making the UK their home.

Now, the Government’s proposed changes to Earned Settlement would retrospectively change those rules. In simple terms, the goalposts are being moved mid way through the match.

Retrospectively changing the pathway to citizenship undermines trust, stability and integration. Children and families who have played by the rules should not find those rules rewritten.

Citizens UK leaders will gather outside Parliament to call for extra time for fair play, wearing football shirts or coloured t-shirts.

We are asking the Government to:

• Pause the proposed changes

• Give Parliament extra time to scrutinise the impact

• Ensure reform does not undermine commitments on child poverty, social cohesion, and stabilising the social care and NHS workforce

We agree the system needs reform. But reform must not come at the expense of people who have followed the rules and built their lives here.

Join us as communities stand together to say: don’t move the goalposts on those playing by the rules.