8 h. ago Labour's Shabana Mahmood hands back £2,500 donation to businessman linked to Jhoots Pharmacy row

The Home Secretary returned a £2,500 gift she previously received from Manjit Jhooty after MPs raised concerns about Jhoots Pharmacy.

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15 h. ago Home Secretary says 'no hiding place' for grooming gangs as Labour scrambles to save inquiry into scandal

Cabinet minister Emma Reynolds apologised over the Government's handling of the inquiry after four survivors of abuse quit their roles in the probe

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7 d. ago British border officers sent to Balkans to crack down on human traffickers, Shabana Mahmood announces, with small boat arrivals under Labour poised to hit 60,000 within days

Shabana Mahmood said the officials would look at whether UK teams could eventually be deployed permanently in the region.

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3 w. ago Shabana Mahmood floats wider uses of new national ID card, after Labour pledged it would only be used to prove the right to work

The new national identity card could be used to crack down on benefits cheats and 'all sorts of other things', Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said.

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3 w. ago Now we know what patriotism means to Shabana Mahmood – can she harness that to unite rather than divide us? | Gaby Hinsliff

The home secretary’s immigration plan is framed in punitive terms. But at least she is wrestling the debate back towards integration and belongingIn Twickenham, at the weekend, the crowd was a sea of red and white.England’s colours were everywhere – plastered on sweatshirts and painted over faces, fluttering from flags – and the mood was unmistakably joyful. For this was of course the Women’s Rugby World Cup final, not some ominous “raise the colours” rally: a chance to remember that the St George’s cross doesn’t belong to people who daub it on roundabouts to frighten the neighbours, that there is still a kind of Englishness that inspires hope, not fear. Rugby’s Red Roses, like football’s Lionesses and Gareth Southgate’s young male England squad before them, embody a consciously inclusive form of patriotism: a message that their victories are for everyone, male or female, black or white, gay or straight.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago In Shabana Mahmood and Rachel Reeves, Labour finds reasons to keep the faith

Editorial: Labour’s conference began with a defiant speech from a re-energised chancellor and a tub-thumping call to arms from the home secretary that reminded both party and country of what is at stake

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3 w. ago Reform’s immigration plans ‘worse than racist,’ Mahmood says

Shabana Mahmood said the proposals were were ‘immoral’ and ‘extreme’.

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3 w. ago In Shabana Mahmood and Rachel Reeves, Labour finds reason to keep the faith

Editorial: Labour’s conference began with a defiant speech from a re-energised chancellor and a tub-thumping call to arms from the home secretary that reminded both party and country of what is at stake

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3 w. ago Mahmood’s tough talk on immigration won’t win over Labour members – but it could stop Farage’s charge to power

Shabana Mahmood has made it clear she is willing to lose friends in the Labour Party in order to see off the threat from Nigel Farage, writes Millie Cooke

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3 w. ago London 'Unite the Kingdom' protest reflects bigger battle over UK’s identity, says Home Secretary

Shabana Mahmood told the Labour Party conference that the 150,000 people who took part in the Tommy Robinson-led march cannot all be dismissed as an ‘angry minority’

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3 w. ago Labour sets out new rules for migrants to learn English and work

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Labour Party conference in Liverpool about the plans on Monday (September 29)

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3 w. ago Labour to announce tough new rules for migrants including higher English standard

It is among the changes being proposed by the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood today as she addresses the Labour party conference in her first major speech in the role

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3 w. ago Migrants will have to meet 'good citizen' standard to stay in the UK, says Shabana Mahmood

Asylum seekers will need to be working, paying national insurance and not be claiming benefits, under proposed changes

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3 w. ago High standard of English to be required for leave to remain, Mahmood to pledge

Home secretary to set out proposed tougher conditions including not taking benefits and ‘spotless’ criminal recordCriminals and people who cannot speak English to “a high standard” will be denied permission to settle in the UK, Shabana Mahmood will announce on Monday, in proposals intended to contain the growing electoral threat from Reform UK.In a speech framing herself as a “tough home secretary”, Mahmood will say people seeking indefinite leave to remain (ILR) will have to demonstrate they have integrated and “contributed” to society through national insurance payments and voluntary work, and not relied on benefits. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Starmer brands Reform UK’s migration plan ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’

Sir Keir said he believes Labour can ‘pull this round’ as a poll suggested Nigel Farage could be on course for a landslide win in the next general election

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3 w. ago Starmer insists Labour can recover from poll slump as conference begins

Sir Keir Starmer hopes a policy blitz including a promise to construct new towns will help revive Labour’s fortunes.

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