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Shabana Mahmood urged not to help those ‘seeking to build division’

Exclusive: In open letter, 225 groups describe home secretary’s plan to overhaul asylum system as ‘cruel and ‘ruthless’

The Guardian - UK

Delivery drivers arrested in London as dozens face deportation for illegal working

Watch: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood joins immigration operation in Streatham, south London

Evening Standard

Dozens of delivery drivers to be deported after illegal work crackdown

The drive comes as part of efforts to deter those coming to the country illegally

The Independent UK

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London pubs to be able to serve until 1am if England reach World Cup quarter-final

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: “The party won’t end before the final whistle is blown”

Evening Standard

Number of refugees allowed to settle in UK under UN schemes falls 26% in a year

Refugee Council says Home Office figures show safe and legal pathways are ‘disappearing when most needed’

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood and my surprise at teenagers’ views on immigration

Letters: Rev Dr Michael Fox responds to an article by Nesrine Malik on the home secretary using her ‘story’ to silence criticism of her policies

The Guardian - UK

GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism

Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan

The Guardian - UK

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Shabana Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips

The Home Secretary said the Government is working with providers to introduce alternatives.

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis for medical trips

Ms Mahmood said the Government is working with providers to introduce alternatives

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers banned from using taxis for most medical trips, Home Secretary announces

All service providers will be required to stop using taxis for medical journeys from February

Evening Standard

UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to

Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement

The Guardian - UK

Why Starmer’s desire to govern as ‘Mr Rules’ is bound to fail

In the face of multiple crises, disruptive technology and populism, making Britain orderly again is an impossible goal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer

Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.

Evening Standard

Net migration falls to lowest annual figure since 2021, new estimates suggest

Latest figures show the number dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, down 69% year-on-year from 649,000.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Terror suspect of Sri Lankan bombings seeking asylum in UK on grounds he 'fears persecution' at home

The Sri Lankan man was arrested in 2022 but released on bail before he left his home country and travelled to the UK

The Conversation

How new asylum policies will affect child refugees

The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has announced plans for the biggest overhaul of the UK asylum system in decades. Some of the harshest criticism of the proposals has come from Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee who came to Britain on the Kindertransport from Prague in 1939.…

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive

‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

‘We thought the Rwanda scheme was the worst of it’: Enver Solomon on leading – and leaving – the Refugee Council

It has been a difficult week for those working with refugees and migrants in the UK, after Labour announced controversial new plans. Sadly, Solomon is used to such turmoil. He discusses hostility, hope and asylum hotels

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The Independent UK

The UK is set to impose some of Europe’s toughest asylum laws – but how does it really compare to the continent?

IN FOCUS: Home secretary Shabana Mahmood is carrying out one of the largest reforms to the asylum system the UK has ever seen. But is the overhaul really proportionate to the numbers arriving on UK shores? Alex Croft reports

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s wrong’: the Labour MP speaking out against the party’s asylum policy

As a well-informed MP on the frontline of the debate, Tony Vaughan’s views are particularly unwelcome to government

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it

The party sees its harsh policies as politically necessary. But what happened to talking up the value of migrants for a thriving economy and society, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

International Business Times UK

UK Immigration Rules Reform: New Contribution-Based Model Targets Almost 2 Million Migrants

UK reforms introduce a contribution-based settlement system for almost two million migrants, extending timelines and tying eligibility to work and integration.

The Guardian - UK

This is modern Britain – where a princess pleading for children’s rights seems almost radical

It is uncomfortable to watch royals appealing to the nation’s best instincts while an elected government feels compelled to chase our worst, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Familiarity breeds contempt as Shabana does her double act

Even Reform MPs failed to show up to hear the home secretary talk about migration, their specialist subject

The Conversation

Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two

The UK government’s latest proposals on asylum rest on an incorrect premise. In announcing them, home secretary Shabana Mahmood argued that “illegal migration is tearing our country apart”. But asylum-seeking is not illegal migration.

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