The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

The Government announced plans to end automatic family union rights for those granted asylum in the UK.

New applications to the existing refugee family reunion route have been suspended since September.

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Sir Keir Starmer has faced challenges from Andy Burnham, his backbenchers and Labour activists at this year’s conference in Liverpool.

The Prime Minister said ‘we need to look again at the interpretation’ of how UK courts apply various international laws.

In her address to the Labour party conference, the new home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, confirmed plans to overhaul the rules for indefinite leave to remain (ILR). These include increasing the time someone must live in the UK to be eligible for ILR from five years to ten.

Labour has gone toe-to-toe with Reform on migration policy as it brands Nigel Farage’s plans ‘racist’