The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

The government’s ‘crackdown’ on violence against women must be more than words

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Shabana Mahmood promises to deal with a ‘national emergency’, but the home secretary must match her rhetoric with action

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2025

Small boats migrants should be allowed to live and work in the UK, says Zack Polanski

The Green Party leader has accused Sir Keir Starmer and Labour of matching ‘the racist rhetoric of the far right, from Nigel Farage to Tommy Robinson’

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2025

Small boat crossings resume after longest pause in migrants arriving for seven years

Before this weekend, no one had crossed the Channel for 28 days, according to the latest Home Office data

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2025

This citizenship scandal is a chance for Mahmood to show courage and clarity

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The scandal of 200 people being deprived of their right to citizenship at the stroke of a government pen is a moral failure – a country has a duty to those who have rightly called it home

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

Will Labour’s move to limit ECHR deter the far right or alienate progressive voters?

Previously sceptical MPs now want to modernise human rights law to prevent an overreach of the law and losing to the far right

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025

Biggest reforms to policing since the 1960s ‘being threatened by lack of money’

Home secretary’s plans for a radical reshaping of policing in England and Wales could be delayed due to lack of funds

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025

Asylum overhaul in UK could lead to rise in homelessness and backlogs, says report

National Audit Office says Shabana Mahmood’s plans may have ‘unintended consequences’ on stretched system

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025

Former children’s commissioner vows to ‘follow evidence’ in grooming gangs probe

Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry over three years with a budget of £65 million, the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2025

Former children’s commissioner to lead grooming gangs inquiry

Baroness Anne Longfield said the inquiry owes it to the victims, survivors and the wider public to identify the truth’.

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2025

Chair of the grooming gangs inquiry announced

Home secretary says ‘we must cast fresh light’ on grooming gangs scandal as former children’s commissioner announced as inquiry chair

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025