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Shabana Mahmood has barely softened her plans – Britain’s immigration regime is now a theatre of cruelty | Owen Jones
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · 11:14 AM

The home secretary’s reforms merely reinforce the lie that migrants are to blame for all of the UK’s problems Five years ago, Shabana Mahmood called for a “ general amnesty ” for undocumented migrants. “That’s not official Labour party policy yet,” she mourned, “but myself and a group of other Labour MPs are continuing to make the argument.” Now home secretary, she is introducing one of Europe’s most punitive immigra
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