‘Punishing migrant care workers won’t fix Britain’s problems. It will make them worse’
Less than 24 hours after the Home Secretary announced plans to change the rules on indefinite leave to…
Shabana Mahmood
Labour’s identity crisis – caught between Blairism and Blue Labour
The problem most tribes in the Labour Party have is that they rarely get to fully define themselves.…
‘No racist is going to make me feel I don’t belong’: Shabana Mahmood on resilience, faith and public service
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has opened up about the importance of her faith in coming to politics –…
‘Mahmood offers voters what they want – order, fairness and competence’
For much of Britain’s commentariat, the immigration issue has become a litmus test for virtue, not a subject…
Members oppose government’s asylum clampdown – but back specific measures
Almost two-thirds of Labour members are opposed to the government’s plans to make Britain’s asylum policy stricter, exclusive…
‘Tough talk, cruel policy — and it still won’t stop the boats’
Scrolling social media is no way to truly judge how a government announcement has gone down. But amid…
Paul Nowak Column: ‘Fixing Britain’s migration system starts with fairness, compassion and common sense’
Whenever migration is leading the news – as it has been much of this week – I think…
Asylum reform: Full list of MPs opposing government’s immigration proposals
More than 20 Labour MPs have expressed criticism of the government’s radical reforms to Britain’s asylum system. Shabana…
‘This is not triangulation, it is capitulation’
This week, the Home Secretary announced a programme of migration and asylum reforms, taking inspiration from Denmark’s immigration…
‘The politics of security – when ‘for the many’ politics becomes uncomfortable for Labour’
I will never forget something a Labour voter in a very safe Tory seat told me once soon…
