2 h. ago Home secretary condemns ‘mortifying’ Labour leadership row as Rayner allies forced to deny new plot

Labour party ‘fighting like rats in a sack’ as turmoil at top of government overshadows Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown

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6 h. ago Home Secretary says consent for UK asylum system at risk unless illegal migration tackled

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to set out reforms to the asylum system on Monday.

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7 h. ago SNP accuses Labour of 'pandering' to Reform as Mahmood prepares to unveil asylum shake

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood under fire as she unveils sweeping changes to UK immigration system

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8 h. ago Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown overshadowed by Labour leadership rumours

The home secretary said the fallout from anonymous briefings about an alleged coup against Sir Keir Starmer were ‘deeply mortifying’

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8 h. ago Consent for asylum system ‘could fall apart if illegal migration not tackled’

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to set out reforms to the asylum system on Monday.

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9 h. ago Labour bids to look tough on borders: Shabana Mahmood says Channel boat migrants must wait 20 years for 'golden ticket' rights to stay permanently

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood insisted she is bringing in ' sweeping' reforms with Channel boat arrivals facing a 20-year wait for permanent settlement in the UK.

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11 h. ago Shabana Mahmood vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers in Labour immigration crackdown

Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under radical asylum reforms

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20 h. ago Asylum seekers to lose housing and benefit rights under Labour immigration system overhaul

Home secretary vows to make refugee status temporary as part of system overhaul

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21 h. ago Safe routes and temporary status for refugees among plans for asylum reform

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to unveil plans to tackle illegal immigration and reform the asylum system on Monday.

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57 h. ago Mahmood to unveil changes to tackle illegal migration modelled on Danish system

Home secretary to set out plans to deter migrants from coming to the UK and make deportations easierThe home secretary is due to announce sweeping changes next week aimed at making the UK less attractive for illegal immigrants and modelled on the Danish system.Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out plans to deter migrants from coming to the UK and make it easier to deport those who do in a statement to MPs on Monday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Allies of Sir Keir Starmer warn coup plotters if they oust the PM it will trigger a General Election that would see the party annihilated

As rumours of a leadership challenge swirled at Westminster, friends of the beleaguered Prime Minister claimed any new leader would 'need their own mandate' from the voters.

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4 d. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer faces PMQs as Wes Streeting denies leadership coup rumours

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (12 November).

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4 d. ago Streeting dismisses Labour leadership challenge rumours as ‘Celebrity Traitors’ fiction

Labour MP Wes Streeting has firmly denied rumours of challenging party leader Sir Keir Starmer following an appearance on Sky News on Wednesday morning (12 November).

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2 w. ago MPs vote down Farage’s proposal for UK to leave ECHR – UK politics live

Lib Dems say ECHR protects ‘our elderly and most vulnerable the very people who need it most’Mark Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary and former national security adviser, goes next. He is now a peer, and a member of the committee.He says the deputy national security adviser, Matthew Collins, thought there was enough evidence for the case to go ahead. But the CPS did not agree. Who was right?In 2017, the Law Commission flagged that the term enemy [in the legislation] was deeply problematic and it would give rise to difficulties in future prosecutions.And I think what has played out, during this prosecution exemplifies and highlights the difficulties with that. Continue reading...

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