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Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat
UK News•February 27, 2026 at 10:30 PMNational

Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat

By Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor•The Guardian - UK News

Home secretary will defy ‘plain wrong’ calls from unions and leftwing MPs that she is alienating Muslim votersShabana Mahmood will press on with hardline immigration policies despite calls for a reversal from unions and left-leaning Labour MPs after the Green party’s byelection victory.Senior Labour sources insisted that the home secretary would continue to roll out changes to asylum policy, dismissing as “plain wrong” claims that it would further alienate Muslim voters. Continue reading...

Home secretary will defy ‘plain wrong’ calls from unions and leftwing MPs that she is alienating Muslim voters

Shabana Mahmood will press on with hardline immigration policies despite calls for a reversal from unions and left-leaning Labour MPs after the Green party’s byelection victory.

Senior Labour sources insisted that the home secretary would continue to roll out changes to asylum policy, dismissing as “plain wrong” claims that it would further alienate Muslim voters.

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