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Voices: Shabana Mahmood is getting it right on stopping the boats

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Even as a ‘mega-dinghy’ carrying 230 asylum seekers arrives in the UK the truth is worth repeating – irregular migration is down and the gangs aren’t having it all their own way

The Independent UK

Prisoner early release scheme gives Burnham his first taste of unpopularity

After a blitz of small wins, PM is finding that like Keir Starmer there is only so much he can control on the big calls

The Guardian - UK

Burnham vows ‘relentless’ fight to halt small boat crossings

PM says he is not ‘complacent’ as he announced a boost to the number of officers deployed to tackle smuggling gangs

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Burnham pledges to be ‘relentless’ in tackling small boat crossings

The Prime Minister highlighted that crossings are down significantly compared to the numbers for this time last year.

The Independent UK

Mahmood ‘laser-like focused’ on securing UK’s border

The Home Secretary was touring the National Crime Agency’s offices in Stratford, east London.

The Independent UK

Burnham touts boost to officers tackling small boat smuggling gangs

Since the start of 2025, the number of National Crime Agency officers tackling organised immigration crime has more than doubled.

Evening Standard

The changing face of diversity in the UK cabinet

Andy Burnham’s first cabinet includes four ministers from visible ethnic minority backgrounds: home secretary Shabana Mahmood, energy security secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh, AI minister Kanishka Narayan, and Lisa Nandy as culture secretary. A decade ago, this team alone would probably have generated headlines. Now, it has barely registered.

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No 10 Fed Journalists False Information About Burnham's Chancellor Pick, and Insiders Are Not Sorry Press Got Burned

Downing Street let false briefings about Andy Burnham's chancellor choice spread, leaving lobby reporters wrong‑footed and raising fresh questions over No 10's leak and media strategy.

International Business Times UK

'People Want Results': Andy Burnham Faces Social Media Backlash After Defending Labour's Small Boats Strategy

Prime Minister Andy Burnham defends Labour's small boats strategy amid criticism over rising Channel crossings, citing a decrease in arrivals and increased removals as evidence of progress.

International Business Times UK

‘Exemplary’ students saw university hopes dashed by Home Office visa ban, court hears

Female students from Sudan, Afghanistan and Cameroon denied chance to learn in the UK after home secretary imposes visa ban

The Independent UK

Burnham is master of his message for now. But he should know this: media foes will offer no respite

While the new PM’s slick social media operation can help him bypass the hostile press that devoured Starmer, he will still need friends in the fourth estate, says former Labour party adviser Tom Baldwin

The Guardian - UK

The Labour Together key players still in Andy Burnham's UK Cabinet

ANDY Burnham’s Cabinet still features five MPs who were key players in the scandal-hit Labour Together movement, with an expert casting doubt on…

The National (Scotland)

Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules

Exclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sector

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham’s purge of the Starmerites may store up problems for the future

If he were alive today, Machiavelli would have enjoyed watching the first days of Andy Burnham’s premiership. An enemy of the Medicis, the Florentine diplomat (full name Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli) was a student of power. He would have appreciated the clarity, focus and – yes – the brutality…

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The Independent UK

Voices: Andy’s Angels: Is Burnham’s Labour good for women?

INDEPENDENT WOMEN: In this week's Independent Women newsletter, Victoria Richards argues that the male-heavy line-up under Andy Burnham shows women are still being quietly shut out of power in Labour

The Independent UK

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

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Home Office taken to court over visa ban for students from four countries

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Students challenge Mahmood’s visa ban on overseas applicants

Study visas for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan were halted in March by home secretary Shabana Mahmood, who claimed some were exploiting the asylum system

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Mahmood and Streeting accused of making ‘cheap jokes’ about prisoner early release scheme

Victims of crime say it’s ‘no laughing matter’ after ministers caught on hot mic ‘ribbing’ about scheme

The Independent UK

Defence secretary Wes Streeting says sorry for early prisoner release joke

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The Independent UK

Streeting and Mahmood apologise for joke about early prisoner release caught on hot mic

The Defence Secretary made the remarks in a conversation with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the new Justice Secretary Alex Norris

International Business Times UK

Ann Widdecombe Murder: Who Is Joshua Kerry, the 28‑Year‑Old from Rotherham Now at the Centre of a Motive Mystery

Ann Widdecombe murder probe deepens as Joshua Kerry, 28, from Rotherham, is charged, with detectives still examining the motive behind the alleged attack.

The Independent UK

In The Room | Andy Burnham is Prime Minister. Now what?

After weeks of speculation, Andy Burnham finally unveiled his first cabinet late on Tuesday, with John Healey the surprise choice as chancellor, Ed Miliband moving to the Foreign Office and Shabana Mahmood remaining as home secretary.

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Same gang, different seats’: Readers unimpressed as Andy Burnham names new cabinet

YOUR VIEWS: As Andy Burnham unveils his first cabinet, readers are debating whether familiar faces in new jobs amount to real change

The Independent UK

More women than ever before – and more privately educated than Starmer’s: A closer look at Andy Burnham’s top team

Andy Burnham purged a number of Sir Keir Starmer’s close allies on Monday as he unveiled his new cabinet - but how different really is his top team from that of his predecessor? Millie Cooke and Albert Toth take a closer look

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