Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to defy demands by Labour MPs to move to the left as she introduces new legislation to overhaul Britain’s asylum system in an attempt to blunt the appeal of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
The home secretary, who is set to outline plans next week, will say the government must cut migration or risk opening the door to the right who would divide communities with the kind of anti-immigration raids seen in the US.
