The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

Asylum seekers waiting over a year for claim in UK may be allowed to work under new measures

Shabana Mahmood hopes to reduce number of claimants in hotels by enabling them to support themselves

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4

Strict new rules for asylum seekers unveiled by Home Secretary in immigration overhaul

The Home Secretary is set to lay out the strict new rules as part of a Government bid to crack down on illegal migration

Evening Standard · Mar 4

UK’s partial study visa ban ‘will drive people to small boats’, campaigners say

Ban affecting Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon will mean more people make Channel crossings, charity says

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4

Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that

The PM’s in-tray is overflowing. But he can’t afford to neglect the real issue that is distorting our politics and the way we live, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4

UK puts emergency brake on study visas for four countries’ nationals

Shabana Mahmood says UK’s generosity abused as study visas halted for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3

UK halts visa routes from four countries amid claims migrants ‘exploiting’ asylum

Study visas for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan have been halted, as have work visas for Afghans.

Evening Standard · Mar 3

UK suspends student visas for four countries over asylum abuse claims

The Home Office has characterised this suspension as an ‘unprecedented’ move

The Independent UK · Mar 3

The Guardian view on Labour’s migration gamble: Denmark is no template

Editorial: Extending settlement waits risks deepening labour shortages while misreading public concern about migration’s economic and demographic realities

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3

‘Too soon to know’ if Middle East war will affect small boat arrivals – experts

Iranians have made up the largest group of small boat arrivals in the UK in recent years.

Evening Standard · Mar 3

Mahmood’s move to make asylum temporary ‘may undermine refugee convention’

Law Society says home secretary’s review of refugee status after 30 months is in tension with UK’s legal obligations

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2