The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

Another country agrees to migrant returns deal after UK visa threat

Shabana Mahmood’s threats to impose visa penalties form part of her drive to speed up removals of people with no right to be in the UK

Evening Standard · Feb 6

Nearly 60,000 migrants and criminals deported since Labour came to power, Home Office says

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she would “scale up” the number of deportations even further

The Independent UK · Feb 5

Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election

Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting ‘harmful stereotypes’ of migrants

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5

Social media users who tout illegal routes into UK face up to five years in prison

Border security minister Alex Norris said his message to people smugglers is: ‘We are coming after you’ as the government launched its fresh social media crackdown

The Independent UK · Feb 1

‘A disaster for disabled people’: Shabana Mahmood urged not to scrap recording of non-crime hate incidents

Home secretary confirmed this week that police in England and Wales would be scrapping category in its current form

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

London shop thefts soar by 19% in a year, shock new figures show

Official data recorded 95,302 offences in the 12 months to September - despite the largest ever crackdown on organised gangs

Evening Standard · Jan 29

Burnham blocked but Rayner’s returning: Why Starmer cannot shake the leadership speculation

NEWS ANALYSIS: The former deputy prime minister was forced to resign last year over her tax affairs, but political editor David Maddox explains why her charisma could see her launch a remarkable comeback

The Independent UK · Jan 28

Home Office opens probe into migrants ‘buying fake jobs to remain in UK illegally’

The skilled worker visa sponsorship scheme at the heart of the investigation was set up in 2020 when Boris Johnson was prime minister

The Independent UK · Jan 27

Shabana Mahmood believes cigarette-induced asthma attack was message from God

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The Independent UK · Jan 27

More migrants come to UK than leave under ‘one in, one out’ deal with France, home secretary admits

Shabana Mahmood admits that ‘relatively small numbers’ of migrants have been deported from or brought into the UK through the one in, one out scheme with France

The Independent UK · Jan 27