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Mike Tapp leaves role as migration minister weeks after Mahmood row

‘For me, service has always meant putting the country first, and I’m proud to have approached the role with that principle at its heart,’ Mr Tapp said in his departure letter

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: Inside Shabana Mahmood’s new UK asylum reforms

In today’s newsletter: As the home secretary details reforms to the asylum system, a look at the challenges Labour faces – and what better story could be told about immigration

The Guardian - UK

Increasing leave to remain timeframe for UK care workers ‘cruel’, say campaigners

Experts and activists back Mike Tapp’s proposal for care worker exclusion that led to row with Shabana Mahmood

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Shabana Mahmood’s ‘tough and tender’ asylum policy gets the balance right

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: The home secretary’s plan to set up a safe legal route for a limited number of genuine refugees is balanced by a tougher approach to those who do not qualify

The Independent UK

UK minister working up plans for state-owned housing developer

Exclusive: Steve Reed is looking at government run scheme that could borrow at lower rates than private developers

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood to introduce new Canada-inspired asylum routes into UK

The new law will also tighten the definition of ‘family’ for the purposes of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

The Independent UK

Mahmood to open safe routes for refugees while restricting rights claims

The Home Secretary said her plan was to ensure the UK has a trusted asylum system for ‘generations to come’.

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Starmer hits back at home secretary over calls to sack minister

Downing Street issued a rebuke to both Ms Mahmood and Mr Tapp

The Independent UK

Mahmood outlines safe immigration routes plan to win over Labour left

Home secretary speeds up major part of bill governing asylum and refugees as new prime minister set to take over

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street rebukes Mahmood and Tapp amid row over immigration article

Shabana Mahmood had called for Sir Keir Starmer to sack Mike Tapp.

Evening Standard

Who is Mike Tapp? The controversial minister at the centre of a political row over immigration

The immigration minister has often caused a stir on social media

The Independent UK

Starmer taking advice on whether Mike Tapp broke ministerial rules with article

He wrote a Times article suggesting foreign care workers should be exempt from the Home Secretary’s plans to tighten settlement rules.

Evening Standard

Labour minister 'openly declares war' on Home Secretary as she tries to get him fired

A LABOUR minister has appeared to openly mock his boss, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, after she tried and failed to get him fired ...

The National (Scotland)

Home secretary sought to restrict minister’s access to papers as she calls for his sacking

Row between Shabana Mahmood and Mike Tapp broke out after he wrote unauthorised article about immigration

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The Independent UK

Minister hits back after Shabana Mahmood called for him to be sacked

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Mike Tapp ‘won’t be intimidated over’ unsanctioned article about migration

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has called for the Prime Minister to dismiss Mr Tapp after he wrote an article about her migration overhaul.

The Independent UK

Starmer and Mahmood in stand-off over calls to sack immigration minister

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Mahmood in standoff with No 10 after call to sack junior minister

The Home Secretary had called for the Prime Minister to dismiss Mike Tapp on Thursday.

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The Independent UK

I won’t be intimidated to drop views, says minister after Mahmood calls for him to be sacked over migration comments

The extraordinary row broke out after Mike Tapp wrote an article asserting his ‘strong belief’ that foreign care workers already in the UK should not face extended waiting periods to qualify for indefinite leave to remain (ILR)

Evening Standard

Mahmood asks Starmer to sack minister over immigration article

The minister said he had been working closely with officials to ‘develop a better approach than a blanket retrospective extension’.

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over No 10 not sacking junior minister

Mike Tapp wrote unauthorised article saying new settlement rules should not cover overseas care workers

The National (Scotland)

Majority back law change to require General Election if Prime Minister quits

MOST people in the UK back a proposed law that would require a General Election if the Prime Minister steps down, according to new research.

The Independent UK

Will Britain go to the polls? Why some people want Burnham to call a general election

Voters do not have to have a say on a change of prime minister. But could a bounce in the polls and the chance to catch Nigel Farage’s Reform UK on the hop convince the country’s next leader to risk it?

The Independent UK

Burnham latest: PM hopeful meets Starmer in secret as he prepares to run for Labour leader

Downing Street confirmed that the prime minister would allow prospective leadership candidates to receive government briefings

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Hong Kongers seeking safety in the UK granted extended stay

Migration minister Mike Tapp said the UK would ‘offer sanctuary to those in need’ while ‘restoring control at the border’

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