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Home secretary will also consult on ending financial support for those with children if refused asylum, document showsUK politics live – latest updatesThe government has failed to show the “necessary toughness” to enforce the removal of families whose …
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failuresUK politics live – latest updatesA Church of England bishop has said Shabana Mahmood’s comments on asylum seekers have shaken him “to the core” and argued p…
Shabana Mahmood tells MPs asylum system is ‘out of control and unfair’ amid Labour backlash over proposalsMomentum, the leftwing Labour group, has also denounced the government’s asylum plans. In a statement it says:The home secretary’s new immigration…
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UKAsylum seekers could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases, a Home Office minister has said, in another detail …
Danish journalist Nilas Heinskou and Syrian refugee Agob Yacoub discuss Denmark’s harsh immigration and asylum policies – reportedly the inspiration for changes to be announced by the UK government this weekThe home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is expec…
There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rightsShabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that “dark forces are stirring up anger” over migration, amid growing alarm among senior party figures over…
Former deputy PM hits out at ‘arrogant tittle-tattle’ over the past week and says she has ‘not gone away’Allies of Angela Rayner say the former deputy prime minister will seek to renew her public profile in the coming months and would be likely to run…
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system• What changes to the UK asylum system are being proposed?Refugees who have established lives with homes and families in the UK – including Ukrainians – will face having …
Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum systemUkrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.If Ukraine becomes a safe country again and the conflict ends, “the principle of the n…
Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assetsShabana Mahmood is expected to announce changes to Britain’s asylum system on Monday in an attempt to quell rising fears about immigration.The home secretary …