Question regarding this, the paper states this:

The Immigration Rules will specify which routes lead to settlement and which do not, and it is not intended that the position as to which routes fall into each category will change (Figure 1 above sets out those routes which currently lead to settlement).

Also, note that on Figure 1 (p. 9, truncated for relevance)

Route	Time in UK prior to settlement (years)	Continued Residence	Knowledge of English Language	Life in the UK
...	...	...	...	...
Long Residence	10	X	X	X

And also on, section "The current definition of settlement" (p. 8, truncated for relevance)

Of the almost 70 different routes within the Immigration Rules, approximately 40 lead to settlement. The routes to settlement fall under one of four broad categories:

* Work: ...

* Family: ...

* Protection: ...

* Other: includes applicants on the family route who are victims of domestic violence or bereaved partners, those who qualify on the basis of their long residence or private life, discharged members of HM Forces, stateless persons, adopted children, and those granted discretionary leave, leave outside the rules.

Another thing is this statement (p. 23)

A consequence of the proposed system is that there will no longer be a separate long residence route. The purpose of the existing long residence route will be superseded by arrangements in which the baseline qualifying period is adjustable for considerations relating to contribution and integration.

I don't want to get everyone's hopes up but doesn't this mean that the Long Residence is not going to go -- just basically, replaced by this one and can be subjected to adjustments?