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Labour’s asylum plans strike at the heart of Britain’s commitment to fairness and justice

Letters: Readers respond to news articles and analysis on Shabana Mahmood’s proposals to change the asylum system

The Guardian - UK

Migrants to UK will not get benefits until becoming citizens under new plans

Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limbo

The Guardian - UK

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’

The Independent UK

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Major changes to immigration rules for legal migrants unveiled by Home Secretary

Shabana Mahmood said to settle in Britain for good is ‘not a right, but a privilege’ as she unveiled major changes to immigration policy

Evening Standard

Education Secretary says asylum reforms ‘will be a fair system’ amid concerns

A raft of measures were set out on Monday to overhaul the asylum system.

Evening Standard

Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy

Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms.

The Independent UK

‘Devastating to think of lives that could have been saved under different PM’, say Covid bereaved – as it happened

Findings of inquiry into handling of pandemic by Boris Johnson’s government paint picture of delay and inaction

The Guardian - UK

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People are right to ask ‘what is the point of Labour?’ when it can’t agree on anything

Who knows where this government’s credibility will be after next week’s exceptionally difficult budget, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Migrants to be offered ‘big increase’ in cash payments to leave UK voluntarily

UK currently offers payments of up to £3,000, but Mahmood insists increase will represent ‘value for money’

The Independent UK

UK could pay migrants with no right to remain more than £3k to leave, Mahmood says

The plans come amid a shakeup of the asylum system set out by the Home Secretary

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting not ‘comfortable’ deporting children under Labour’s migrant crackdown

The health secretary insisted the number of forced removals ‘should be low’ and is ‘the right thing to do for the country’

The Independent UK

Who is Shabana Mahmood? The home secretary is the face of Labour’s most hardline immigration policies to date

Just 74 days into her new role as home secretary, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled what she calls “the most substantial reform to the UK’s asylum system in a generation”.

The Conversation

UK to overhaul asylum policy – will the new measures work?

Amid growing public concern over migration and a political threat from Reform UK, the Labour government has proposed sweeping reforms to the asylum and refugee system. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says the plans will address an “out of control” asylum system.

The Conversation

Let us try safe, legal routes before putting up nets to stop the boats

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Tough action is needed to bring order to the asylum system, but that cannot include putting migrants’ lives at even greater risk

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The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood hints at police overhaul to fix ‘irrational’ structure and vows ‘I will be a reformer’

The home secretary has told police chiefs: ‘I was a reformer at the Ministry of Justice. I will be a reformer at the Home Office too’

Evening Standard

Policing in England and Wales a ‘postcode lottery’, Home Secretary says

Shabana Mahmood also told police chiefs the 43 force structure in England and Wales is ‘irrational’.

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood and Lammy breached human rights law over segregation of prisoner, judge finds

Treatment of terrorist with known mental health needs said to have contravened prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment

The Independent UK

Albanian PM accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘ethnic stereotyping’ in asylum reforms

Edi Rama was furious that Mahmood singled out 700 Albanian families to justify ending the right to family reunions

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The Independent UK

‘I fled Africa to safety in the UK – Starmer’s migrant crackdown means I could be sent back’

Shams Moussa says despite a change of government in his home country, he feels like an ‘alien’ – and condemned Labour’s plan to return refugees as part of a planned overhaul of the asylum system

International Business Times UK

UK Asylum Reforms Could Lock Migrants into Low-Paid Work: 'It Makes Me Feel Unwelcome'

The UK's new temporary-status asylum reforms face fierce backlash, with critics warning they will push refugees into exploitation, poverty and long-term insecurity.

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting defends asylum system shake-up despite his unease

Health secretary says he is not comfortable with some elements of policy but that it is the right thing to do for the country

The Guardian - UK

How can Labour see off Reform? Both Andy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood offer clues

A moral crusade won’t work. To defeat Faragism, Labour must revive a vision of social cohesion and collective responsibility, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman

The Guardian - UK

This capitulation to racist rhetoric will not end well for Labour or Britain

Letters: Readers respond to Shabana Mahmood’s new proposals for asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Britain’s migration crisis: Is Labour’s crackdown targeting the right people?

IN DEPTH: As Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood faces a Labour revolt over her planned overhaul of the asylum system, Alex Ross looks at how effective the measures would be

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood is showing much-needed leadership on the migration issue

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: There may be doubts about some of the home secretary’s sweeping changes to the UK asylum system, but her courage is unmistakeable

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