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Shabana Mahmood has caved to her party’s worst instincts on immigration

Shabana Mahmood’s climbdown will cost taxpayers billions and entrench state overreach, says Rakib Ehsan While home secretary Shabana Mahmood’s climbdown over her settlement reforms will delight some within her own party, it will disappoint many who believed that the Burnham Government would address growing public concerns over sensitive matters of immigration, integration, and identity. Mahmood’s […]

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