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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Sami Quadri

Shabana Mahmood faces demands from Labour MPs to water down her ‘deeply unfair’ migration crackdown

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood - (PA Wire)

The Home Secretary is battling a Labour rebellion over her migration crackdown after dozens of MPs and Britain's largest trade union demanded she abandon "deeply unfair" reforms.

In a letter to Shabana Mahmood, 35 Labour MPs, Unison's leader and 33 civil society groups have urged her to reconsider proposals that would force migrants to wait significantly longer before securing indefinite leave to remain.

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