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Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over No 10 not sacking junior minister
UK NewsPolitics•June 25, 2026 at 8:35 PMNational

Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over No 10 not sacking junior minister

By Rajeev Syal and Pippa Crerar•The Guardian - UK News

Mike Tapp wrote unauthorised article saying new settlement rules should not cover overseas care workers Shabana Mahmood is locked in an extraordinary standoff with Keir Starmer after Downing Street refused to immediately sack her junior minister for breaching the ministerial code.The home secretary has demanded that Mike Tapp, the immigration minister, should be sacked for writing an unauthorised article calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from hardline immigration changes. Continue reading...

Mike Tapp wrote unauthorised article saying new settlement rules should not cover overseas care workers

Shabana Mahmood is locked in an extraordinary standoff with Keir Starmer after Downing Street refused to immediately sack her junior minister for breaching the ministerial code.

The home secretary has demanded that Mike Tapp, the immigration minister, should be sacked for writing an unauthorised article calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from hardline immigration changes.

Continue reading...

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