Home Secretary outlines tougher guidelines for those seeking indefinite leave to remain September 28, 2025 Migrants who want to remain in the UK will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community, the Home Secretary will say. In her Labour Party conference speech on Monday, Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out a series of conditions for those seeking indefinite [...]
This is why Starmer’s recent reshuffle is doomed to fail September 11, 2025 Keir Starmer’s personnel switch-up is an attempt to get a firmer grip on his government’s economic policymaking. Helen Thomas lays out why it won’t work. Keir Starmer’s latest cabinet reshuffle was billed as a decisive break from his choppy first year in power. Yet this is less a bold national reset than a desperate rebrand. [...]
City Hall: Blow to Sadiq Khan as deputy mayor for policing quits for government job October 7, 2024 City Hall’s deputy mayor for policing and crime has quit her post for a government job in a blow to Sadiq Khan. Sophie Linden is to step down from her £141,386-a-year role to become a senior adviser to justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has announced. Linden has been in post since [...]