US EditionStarmer Facing Revolt on UK Immigration Reforms From 100 MPs
Labour's Home Secretary proposes asylum status reviews every 30 months and new visa restrictions, citing £370 million savings from recent immigration system crackdowns.
- In a speech at the IPPR on Thursday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will argue that restoring control of the borders is not a betrayal of Labour values.
- Loss of control, Mahmood warns, fuels public fear and empowers the far right to promote ethno-nationalism, narrowing the national outlook.
- The Home Office said controls have prevented more than 6,000 people claiming asylum and saved over 370m since July 2024, with refugee status reviewed every 30 months.
- She challenges rival rhetoric, saying `A party leader who seeks the highest office in the land should not be on the beaches of France helping migrants on to small boats encouraging them to make a perilous crossing` while positioning Labour between Farage's `nightmare pulling up the drawbridge and shutting out the world` and Polanski's `fairytale of open borders`.
- By invoking Denmark's approach, Mahmood cites the social democratic-led government, which has driven asylum applications to their lowest in 40 years and removed 95% of rejected asylum seekers.
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Evening Standard
perspectivemedia.comMahmood says Labour should not become ‘more Green or more Reform’ on migration
The Home Secretary faces a backbench revolt over her asylum system reforms.
Times of India
The Economic TimesUK immigration plan sparks revolt as 100 MPs oppose Starmer
More than 100 Labour MPs have written to the Home Secretary opposing proposed immigration reforms. The changes aim to make it harder for low earners to gain residency while easing paths for high earners. Critics argue the policy is unfair and could harm the UK's economic competitiveness.
U.K. PM faces revolt over immigration reforms by more than 100 MPs from his own party
More than 100 Labour Party lawmakers have urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to rethink changes to the U.K.’s immigration system, underscoring the scale of opposition confronting him from within his own ranks.
Home secretary to urge Labour left to back hardline immigration crackdown
Shabana Mahmood insists Labour is 'at the heart of my migration reforms' as she warns against backing the Greens and Reform - but critics accuse home secretary of ‘bullying refugees’ rather than tackling real problems
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