Minister says Mahmood’s migration policy will ‘prolong integration’
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- The Guardian Worldseen 22 Oct, 07:13headline rewritten
Cabinet split widens as minister refuses to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plansShabana Mahmood urged to ‘read the room’ on Labour opposition to immigration policy
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Mon, 19 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World17:35first to report
In now-removed post, Miatta Fahnbulleh criticised home secretary’s proposal to extend qualifying period for settlement in UK The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, appears to have criticised Shabana Mahmood’s migration policy in a post on her constituency website, in which she suggested she had concerns that a longer settlement process could affect integration. Fahnbulleh has since removed the critique, which appeared in a write-up of a community meeting in Peckham, her south London...
Wed, 21 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World17:33edited after publishing
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Cabinet split widens as minister refuses to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plansNo 10 declines to rule out watering down plans to extend waiting period for indefinite leave to remain as cabinet split widens Shabana Mahmood has been urged to “read the room” on Labour opposition to her immigration policy, as No 10 declined to rule out watering down her plans to make foreign workers wait 15 years to get permanent residency. Mahmood, the home secretary, is consulting on plans to increase the period before foreign workers can claim indefinite leave to remain from five to 15...
Thu, 22 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World18:04
Miatta Fahnbulleh says reference to ‘awkward’ interview was meant to be lighthearted and self-deprecating The energy secretary has been forced to clarify that she backs Shabana Mahmood’s migration policy, after earlier joking that she had not been able to “lie” about supporting a key element of the changes. Miatta Fahnbulleh made the original remarks to a journalists’ event in Westminster, referring to an “awkward” Sky News interview in which she repeatedly refused to say she was in favour of...