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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Taylor

Tories did ‘sod all’ on immigration reform, new Home Secretary tells Commons

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood arrives in Downing Street ahead of the first cabinet meeting since Sir Keir Starmer’s reshuffle (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Conservatives did “sod all” to tackle illegal migration in their 14 years in charge, Shabana Mahmood has claimed, as the newly-appointed Home Secretary went on the attack in her first appearance in the Commons in the role.

Ms Mahmood was accused of “tinkering around the edges” by shadow home secretary Chris Philp over potential reform of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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