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Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Downing Street slaps down Shabana Mahmood as Labour civil war explodes

The Home Secretary earlier barred Immigration Minister Mike Tapp from receiving Government documents or having official meetings unless she approves it

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The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Mahmood outlines safe immigration routes plan to win over Labour left

Home secretary speeds up major part of bill governing asylum and refugees as new prime minister set to take over Shabana Mahmood will seek to shore up support for her controversial immigration bill on the progressive left of Labour, as she sets out plans to speed up the opening of new safe and legal routes that will permit thousands of refugees to come to the UK. The home secretary, who is the leading contender to stay in her job if Andy Burnham becomes prime minister, will next week introduce t

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The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs

Veteran Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child attacks ‘performative cruelty’ of Shabana Mahmood’s policies Shabana Mahmood should be moved out of the Home Office and her asylum policies of “performative cruelty” ripped up by Andy Burnham’s administration, Alf Dubs has said. The veteran Labour peer who came to the UK aged six in 1939 fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia said the home secretary’s talents “would be better used elsewhere in the cabinet”. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Minister says he ‘won’t be intimidated’ by home secretary as public row escalates

Shabana Mahmood has demanded Mike Tapp be sacked over call for care worker exemption to migration rules UK politics live – latest updates An extraordinary public row between the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and one of her junior ministers has escalated after he said he “won’t be intimidated” in response to calls by her for him to be sacked. Mahmood demanded on Thursday that the migration minister, Mike Tapp, should be fired for writing an unauthorised article in the Times calling for overs

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Guido Fawkes26 Jun 2026

Home Office Minister Mike Tapp Says He ‘Won’t Be Intimidated’ by Mahmood’s Efforts to Sack Him

Migration and citizenship minister Mike Tapp has said he won’t be intimidated by Shabana Mahmood after the Home Secretary asked for him to be sacked yesterday. All played out in public… Tapp penned a Times op-ed discussing plans he had made to exempt care workers from Mahmood’s ILR changes. Sources close to Mahmood say he…

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Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Mike Tapp fires back from California wedding after Mahmood demands sacking

Migration minister Mike Tapp has fired back from a California wedding after Shabana Mahmood demanded Starmer sack him over his immigration comments.

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BBC Politics26 Jun 2026

Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers

Three new sites in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if permission is granted.

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The Guardian Politics26 Jun 2026

Charities criticise ‘costly’ Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers - UK politics live

Government seeking planning permission at sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. We are leading today’s blog on the news that the Home Office is attempting to use three more military sites to house thousands of asylum seekers. Planning permission is being sought at Ministry of Defence sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire, to acc

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Express Politics26 Jun 2026

Terror fears as Labour 'outsourcing security checks' after Afghanistan blunders

Former Defence Secretary Sir Ben Wallace admitted Taliban fighters may have been granted asylum in Britain after slipping onto flights during the evacuation of Kabul.

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BBC Politics25 Jun 2026

Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers

Three new sites in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if permission is granted.

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The Guardian Politics25 Jun 2026

Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over sacking of her junior minister

No 10 refused demand to immediately remove immigration minister over breach of ministerial code 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 reforms. Continue reading

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Express Politics25 Jun 2026

Labour civil war erupts as minister faces sack for 'unauthorised' immigration comments

Furious row explodes as Shabana Mahmood demands that Sir Keir Starmer take action over controversial article

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