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The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

UK could pay migrants with no right to remain more than £3k to leave, Mahmood says

The plans come amid a shakeup of the asylum system set out by the Home Secretary

Evening Standard

Migrants to be offered ‘big increase’ in cash payments to leave UK voluntarily

UK currently offers payments of up to £3,000, but Mahmood insists increase will represent ‘value for money’

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting not ‘comfortable’ deporting children under Labour’s migrant crackdown

The health secretary insisted the number of forced removals ‘should be low’ and is ‘the right thing to do for the country’

The Independent UK

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Who is Shabana Mahmood? The home secretary is the face of Labour’s most hardline immigration policies to date

Just 74 days into her new role as home secretary, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled what she calls “the most substantial reform to the UK’s asylum system in a generation”.

The Conversation

UK to overhaul asylum policy – will the new measures work?

Amid growing public concern over migration and a political threat from Reform UK, the Labour government has proposed sweeping reforms to the asylum and refugee system. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says the plans will address an “out of control” asylum system.

The Conversation

Let us try safe, legal routes before putting up nets to stop the boats

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Tough action is needed to bring order to the asylum system, but that cannot include putting migrants’ lives at even greater risk

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood hints at police overhaul to fix ‘irrational’ structure and vows ‘I will be a reformer’

The home secretary has told police chiefs: ‘I was a reformer at the Ministry of Justice. I will be a reformer at the Home Office too’

The Independent UK

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Policing in England and Wales a ‘postcode lottery’, Home Secretary says

Shabana Mahmood also told police chiefs the 43 force structure in England and Wales is ‘irrational’.

Evening Standard

Mahmood and Lammy breached human rights law over segregation of prisoner, judge finds

Treatment of terrorist with known mental health needs said to have contravened prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment

The Guardian - UK

Albanian PM accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘ethnic stereotyping’ in asylum reforms

Edi Rama was furious that Mahmood singled out 700 Albanian families to justify ending the right to family reunions

The Independent UK

‘I fled Africa to safety in the UK – Starmer’s migrant crackdown means I could be sent back’

Shams Moussa says despite a change of government in his home country, he feels like an ‘alien’ – and condemned Labour’s plan to return refugees as part of a planned overhaul of the asylum system

The Independent UK

UK Asylum Reforms Could Lock Migrants into Low-Paid Work: 'It Makes Me Feel Unwelcome'

The UK's new temporary-status asylum reforms face fierce backlash, with critics warning they will push refugees into exploitation, poverty and long-term insecurity.

International Business Times UK

Wes Streeting defends asylum system shake-up despite his unease

Health secretary says he is not comfortable with some elements of policy but that it is the right thing to do for the country

The Guardian - UK

How can Labour see off Reform? Both Andy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood offer clues

A moral crusade won’t work. To defeat Faragism, Labour must revive a vision of social cohesion and collective responsibility, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman

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This capitulation to racist rhetoric will not end well for Labour or Britain

Letters: Readers respond to Shabana Mahmood’s new proposals for asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Britain’s migration crisis: Is Labour’s crackdown targeting the right people?

IN DEPTH: As Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood faces a Labour revolt over her planned overhaul of the asylum system, Alex Ross looks at how effective the measures would be

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood is showing much-needed leadership on the migration issue

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: There may be doubts about some of the home secretary’s sweeping changes to the UK asylum system, but her courage is unmistakeable

The Independent UK

Labour peer accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘using children as a weapon’ in asylum reforms

Alf Dubs, who fled from the Nazis as a child refuge, described the government’s proposals as ‘shabby’ after the Home Office said it could deport children of failed asylum seekers

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The Guardian - UK

Mahmood faces calls for compassion and clarity over hardline asylum policies

Home secretary urged to explain statement that asylum admissions will start at ‘a few hundred’ people

The Guardian - UK

A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for?

The government’s callousness has won it respect – from Tommy Robinson and the hard right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Independent UK

Labour minister says China’s ‘covert and calculated’ spying won’t be tolerated - live updates

The Tories have pressed the Government to place China in the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme (Firs)

The Independent UK

Voices: From New Labour to Blue Labour – is Shabana Mahmood now the true heir to Blair?

COMMENT: The home secretary’s swashbuckling performance in parliament won rave reviews from supporters of the former prime minister, writes John Rentoul

The Guardian - UK

Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke?

The home secretary’s idea makes her sound so much like a cartoon villain that I initially assumed it couldn’t be true, writes Zoe Williams

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood swears in House of Commons while defending asylum crackdown

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood swore in the House of Commons as she defended her proposed major overhaul of the asylum system.

The Guardian - UK

Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs

Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensions

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