US EditionShabana Mahmood promoted to home secretary in major reshuffle
Shabana Mahmood replaces Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary amid rising protests over asylum hotel use and record Channel crossings, tasked with reforming immigration and border policies.
- On Friday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reshuffled the cabinet, ousting Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary and promoting Shabana Mahmood to her role while moving Cooper to Foreign Secretary.
- Angela Rayner, Deputy Prime Minister, referred herself to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards after admitting underpayment of stamp duty, with Police and HMRC requiring no further action.
- Several senior roles were reshuffled, including David Lammy moving to Justice and becoming Deputy Prime Minister, while Pat McFadden heads a new 'super-ministry' combining Work and Pensions with skills.
- Observers say the move signals an admission that Sir Keir Starmer's borders policy is failing after migration protests, while Shabana Mahmood is tasked with tackling the small boats crisis and accelerating asylum hotel closures as Starmer scrambles to stabilise his government after Ms Rayner's departure.
- Her history of positions on Gaza and protests suggests Shabana Mahmood, new Home Secretary, faces scrutiny for past BDS support and the Sainsbury's Birmingham protest; Mahmoud wrote, `I have always supported a diplomatic process to stop the killing of innocent civilians, get humanitarian aid in and get the hostages out`.
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British Home Office Launches New Asylum Taskforce
The UK Home Office is undergoing major changes under new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. Ms. Mahmood replaced Yvette Cooper who—despite moving to the foreign office—is widely seen as having failed to get a grip on the ‘small boats’ crisis. Following a cabinet reshuffle, visas, passports, and citizenship services will form a separate group within the civil service, where leadership changes are in motion following the departure of Joanna Rowland. …
UK Appoints Muslim Pakistani-Origin Woman as Home Secretary to Tackle Migration - News Addicts
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary on Friday in a sweeping reshuffle that has deepened turmoil inside his Labour government. The move comes after Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned in disgrace over a tax-dodging scandal involving her second home. Starmer responded with 12 cabinet-level changes that have left his […]
Jew-Hating Jihadi Named Britain’s Home Secretary - Geller Report
The UK’s new Secretary of State for Justice has a history of supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel and attending antisemtic marches. Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood was accused of encouraging “mob rule” when she forced a supermarket to close in 2014 after a protest over the claim it was “stocking goods from illegal settlements”. Mahmood will oversee the UK’s immigration policies and national security. T…
Britain Just Appointed a Far-Left Muslim to Oversee Migration.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Shabana Mahmood, a far-left Muslim, as Home Secretary, broadly responsible for border security, immigration, policing, and national security in the United Kingdom.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Keir Starmer, Shabana Mahmood, and Britain’s governing Labour Party.WHEN & WHERE: September 5, 2025, in the United Kingdom.KEY QUOTE: “There’s been an explosion of Islamophobia since October 7—bu…
She inherits a poisoned post The United Kingdom likes symbols. And Keir Starmer offered one size by appointing Shabana Mahmood as Minister of the Interior. 43 years old, Member of Parliament for Birmingham, daughter of Pakistani immigrants, practicing Muslim, she becomes the first Muslim woman in British history to hold the position of "Home Secretary". But behind the staging, a political fact: this reshuffle was not planned. He was imposed by t…
PM appoints Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary amid rising Islamophobia
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Labour’s Shabana Mahmood becomes the first female Muslim Home Secretary, replacing Yvette Cooper after a major government reshuffle. Mahmood is expected to take a tough stance on illegal immigration amid growing far-right pressure. Prime Minister Keir Starmer began his first Cabinet reshuffle more than a year after his election win following the resignation of […]
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