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New UK Home Secretary Mahmood Under Spotlight for Stances on Israel, Gaza, and Islamic Groups
Shabana Mahmood, born in Birmingham and elected MP in 2024, faces far-right abuse while leading the Home Office, overseeing immigration, policing, and national security.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary on September 5, 2025, making her the first Muslim woman of Pakistani origin to lead the Home Office, overseeing immigration, policing and national security.
- After Angela Rayner's resignation, Keir Starmer reshuffled his cabinet on September 5, 2025, moving Shabana Mahmood from Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, where she introduced major prison reform legislation earlier this week, to Home Secretary.
- Mahmood recently proposed the foreign criminals deportation policy announced last month and plans to tighten European Convention on Human Rights Article 8, saying, `It is the honour of my life to serve as Home Secretary.`
- Facing immediate pressure, Shabana Mahmood inherits a strained Home Office amid 30,000 asylum seekers this year and faces racist abuse and local harassment in Birmingham Ladywood.
- On Monday, Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary, will host Five Eyes partners to discuss border security and agree measures against people smugglers as ministers consider moving asylum seekers to military sites.
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Shabana Mahmood should reverse this catastrophic error
Is there a chance, do you think, that the new Home Secretary, the rather impressive Shabana Mahmood, might use her first days in the job to reverse one of the most egregious errors of her predecessor? I refer to Yvette Cooper’s idiotic proscription of Palestine Action. That genius idea of treating an activist political organisation as a terrorist outfit has had the entirely predictable effect this weekend of causing the police to make nearly 900…
New UK Home Secretary Mahmood Under Spotlight for Stances on Israel, Gaza, and Islamic Groups
LONDON — Shabana Mahmood, recently appointed UK Home Secretary, faces scrutiny over her past positions on Israel, Gaza, and pro-Palestinian activism as she takes over domestic security and immigration responsibilities. MP for Birmingham Ladywood since 2010, Mahmood previously served as Justice Minister and is the most senior Muslim politician in Britain. A qualified barrister, she […]
The Independent
The Independent (US)Starmer completes reshuffle as new secretary faces Channel crossings crisis: Live
A government source said ‘nothing is off the table’ for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmud, the former justice minister, has been appointed Britain's new home secretary in a major reshuffle of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government.
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