The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

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 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 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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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