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Sky News Politics28 Feb 2026

Back my asylum overhaul or risk Trump inspired ICE-style raids, warns Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood is set to introduce new legislation to overhaul the UK's asylum system as part a tougher approach to migration.

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Conservative Home28 Feb 2026

Our top ten picks of the week

ConservativeHome's round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week. The post Our top ten picks of the week appeared first on Conservative Home.

BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Mahmood to press on with immigration reforms despite by-election defeat

The home secretary is to double down on plans for Danish-style restrictions on asylum seekers.

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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

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

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. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Starmer vows to fight on after historic Green by-election win

The result - in a seat Labour has held for nearly 100 years - heaps further pressure on the PM's position.

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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Green MP cancels plumbing jobs after by-election win

New Green MP Hannah Spencer has apologised to clients for having to cancel jobs after by-election win.

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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Reform UK reports by-election 'family voting' concerns to police

It comes after election observers raised concerns about "extremely high" levels of family voting.

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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Green party’s Gorton and Denton win is wake-up call Labour needed to hear

Labour billed it as ‘two-horse race’ with Reform UK, but Greens’ media campaign, and Hannah Spencer’s authenticity, won the day From the outset of the Gorton and Denton byelection, Labour strategists were desperate to say the party was on course to win, but the party’s trouncing at the hands of the Greens has made this look laughable in hindsight. Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary, sent a note to No 10 at the end of January saying it was “clearly a two-horse race” with Reform UK, and onl

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Express Politics27 Feb 2026

Boris Johnson drops new Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor bombshell - 'I had to ban him'

Boris Johnson spoke about his last meeting with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Private schools lose legal challenge over VAT changes

A group of low-fee paying private schools have challenged the government's removal of the VAT exemption.

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BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Private schools lose legal challenge over VAT changes

A group of low-fee paying private schools have challenged the government's removal of the VAT exemption.

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The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

The Guardian view on Gorton and Denton: a warning shot across Labour’s bows | Editorial

Hannah Spencer’s win was more than protest. It signalled that Labour’s moral language and coalition are up for grabs in its safest terrain The Greens have every reason to celebrate their victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection. From a standing start in a Manchester constituency, Zack Polanski’s team tripled his party’s vote to capture a seat that had effectively voted Labour in every election but one since 1906 – the year Labour was born. Labour coming third behind Reform UK is not routine m

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