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The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

Visa restrictions considered if Pakistan does not take back grooming gang leader

The Government said all options were being looked at to ensure Shabir Ahmed can be thrown out of the UK.

Evening Standard

Shabana Mahmood tells MPs suspect in Ann Widdecombe investigation ‘not known to Prevent’ – as it happened

Home secretary updates Parliament after counter-terrorism police take over investigation into her death

The Guardian - UK

Law set to change to deport Rochdale grooming gang leader – what we know

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The Independent UK

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Mahmood to announce law change to deport Rochdale grooming gang leader

Home secretary expected to unveil proposal on Monday

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood to set out plans to change law to deport grooming gang leader

The Home Secretary is expected to set out proposals to amend a law preventing Shabir Ahmed’s removal.

Evening Standard

Record 128 migrants make perilous journey to UK in small boat

The previous record for a single boat stood at 125 people

The Independent UK

The bulging in-tray of challenges Andy Burnham faces upon entering No 10

From welfare and defence spending to cost of living and geopolitics, we look at the key issues left over from Starmer

The Guardian - UK

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Mahmood’s cutting of protections for UK-France ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal ruled unlawful

Asylum seekers win ruling against home secretary’s reduction of safeguards for potential victims of trafficking

The Guardian - UK

Police say man arrested on suspicion of murder of Ann Widdecombe – UK politics as it happened

A 26-year-old man in custody and officers say incident is not being treated as terrorism

The Guardian - UK

UK Moves to Get Rid of Decades-Old Deportation Loophole After Rochdale Grooming Gang Ringleader's Release

The UK Government plans to amend immigration laws to deport Rochdale Grooming Gang leader Shabir Ahmed, addressing public outrage over his release despite losing British citizenship.

International Business Times UK

Mahmood to close legal loophole blocking grooming gang leader’s deportation

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The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood will change law to allow Rochdale grooming gang leader’s deportation

The government has been examining ways to deport Shabir Ahmed, 73, since his release last week

The Independent UK

Mahmood to close loophole blocking deportation of Rochdale grooming gang ringleader

Home secretary expected to amend Immigration Act but hurdles remain if Pakistan continues to refuse to take Shabir Ahmed back

The Guardian - UK

New national security bill risks making ‘one of the most dangerous times for aid workers in history worse’

Chair of parliament’s International Development Committee welcomes recent changes to the bill – but calls for more action to protect humanitarian workers

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The Conversation

Community refugee sponsorship: how the Home Office can get its new safe-and-legal route right

As part of a package of reforms to the UK’s asylum system, Shabana Mahmood has laid out the details of a new community sponsorship route for refugees to come to the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Make Ed Miliband chancellor, ex-chief Treasury adviser tells Andy Burnham

Nicholas Stern joins growing number backing Miliband, saying he has vision and experience to revive economy

Evening Standard

Southport families say ‘questions remain’ as Mahmood promises action

It comes as the Government promised to do ‘whatever is needed to protect the public’.

The Conversation

Immigration and asylum bill: why yet another attempt to overhaul the system won’t work

The UK government’s immigration and asylum bill puts forward a number of proposals to overhaul the asylum system. These include changes to how human rights are interpreted, and requiring refugees to pay back some of the support they receive. If passed, it will be the fifth immigration act adopted since…

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Evening Standard

PM asks Home Secretary to examine options for deporting grooming gang ringleader

He has also been stripped of his British citizenship, leaving him with only Pakistan nationality.

The Guardian - UK

No 10 accepts all recommendations in Southport attack inquiry, Mahmood says

First phase of inquiry identified multiple failings to prevent murders of three girls, which government will ‘urgently’ address

Evening Standard

Home Secretary vows to fix ‘fundamental failings’ found after Southport killings

The Government has published its response to the findings of the first phase of the inquiry.

The Guardian - UK

England’s mayors should be given sweeping new powers, says devolution expert

Exclusive: Burnham-aligned thinktank calls for devolution of public services including social care, childcare and skills

The National (Scotland)

I am an asylum seeker. The UK Government is punishing us with new rules

AN asylum seeker who fled Nigeria after facing political violence in his home country has said the UK Government's new immigration rules feel…

The Independent UK

Home Office says new-build homes should never house asylum seekers

Migrants who arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in the first half of the year fell sharply compared with the same period in 2025

The Independent UK

Channel crossings by migrants plummet 41 per cent in first half of 2026

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is seeking to overhaul the asylum system to deter crossings and deport people easier

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