39 h. ago Mahmood to ban migrants without citizenship from claiming benefits in latest asylum crackdown

Shabana Mahmood said to settle in Britain for good is ‘not a right, but a privilege’

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3 d. ago Warning over ‘dangerous brain drain’ as number of Britons leaving UK revealed

UK net migration reached a new record high, new figures show, as Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood comes under fire over asylum crackdown

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3 d. ago What are the changes in Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown – and how serious is Labour backlash?

Inspired by Denmark’s strict system on asylum seekers, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled her own version to the Commons – but what will it mean, and what has the reaction been to it so far?

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3 d. ago Number of Britons leaving UK far higher than previously thought

UK net migration reached a new record high, new figures show, as Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood comes under fire over asylum crackdown

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3 d. ago Farage backs Labour’s asylum crackdown after Mahmood tells Reform leader to ‘sod off’

Reform UK leader also quips that home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of asylum system could have been pitch to be ‘next defector’ to his party

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3 d. ago Shabana Mahmood swears in House of Commons while defending asylum crackdown

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood swore in the House of Commons as she defended her proposed major overhaul of the asylum system.

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3 d. ago Labour peer accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘using children as a weapon’ in her asylum crackdown

Comes as home secretary tells Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson to 'sod off'

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3 d. ago Labour disintegrates on immigration as gleeful Greens surge in the polls and dozens of Starmer's MPs turn on him

Dozens of backbenchers look set to try to block Shabana Mahmood's plans despite her pleading that they are the only way to restore public faith and stop Reform.

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3 d. ago Labour eats itself over immigration: 'Dozens' of MPs poised to revolt against asylum crackdown as Shabana Mahmood warns 'broken' system cannot go on

Dozens of backbenchers look set to try to block Shabana Mahmood's plans despite her pleading that they are the only way to restore public faith and stop Reform.

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4 d. ago Mahmood says UK asylum system ‘out of control’ as she defends Labour crackdown amid growing backlash

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

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4 d. ago Labour to deport more families under Mahmood’s new asylum crackdown despite growing backlash

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

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4 d. ago Fury from all sides as Labour unveils 'tough' migrant crackdown that would hand failed asylum seekers thousands to leave

Proposals set out by Shabana Mahmood this afternoon stress that the government wants to limit the scope for failed applicants to appeal.

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4 d. ago Mahmood reveals asylum plan as Labour backlash grows over ‘dystopian’ immigration crackdown

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

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4 d. ago Labour backlash grows over ‘dystopian’ and ‘visionless’ asylum crackdown

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

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4 d. ago How Labour’s controversial immigration crackdown could make Britain’s asylum rules among the toughest in Europe

Inspired by Denmark’s strict system on asylum seekers, Shabana Mahmood will unveil her own version in the Commons on Monday - but what will it mean, and what has the reaction been to it so far?

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4 d. ago Labour MPs hit out at ‘performative cruelty’ of Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

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4 d. ago Seizing asylum seekers' jewellery slammed as 'disgusting' as minister denies personal items will be taken

Cars, e-bikes and sums of money will be confiscated from asylum seekers under new crackdown

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4 d. ago Shabana Mahmood to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown

Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals

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5 d. ago Labour to announce largest UK immigration overhaul in a generation

Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals

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5 d. ago Labour to overhaul human rights laws in bid to ramp up migrant deportations

Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals

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