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Shabana Mahmood promoted to home secretary in major reshuffle
Shabana Mahmood replaces Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary amid rising protests over asylum hotel use and record Channel crossings, tasked with reforming immigration and border policies.
- On Friday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reshuffled the cabinet, ousting Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary and promoting Shabana Mahmood to her role while moving Cooper to Foreign Secretary.
- Angela Rayner, Deputy Prime Minister, referred herself to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards after admitting underpayment of stamp duty, with Police and HMRC requiring no further action.
- Several senior roles were reshuffled, including David Lammy moving to Justice and becoming Deputy Prime Minister, while Pat McFadden heads a new 'super-ministry' combining Work and Pensions with skills.
- Observers say the move signals an admission that Sir Keir Starmer's borders policy is failing after migration protests, while Shabana Mahmood is tasked with tackling the small boats crisis and accelerating asylum hotel closures as Starmer scrambles to stabilise his government after Ms Rayner's departure.
- Her history of positions on Gaza and protests suggests Shabana Mahmood, new Home Secretary, faces scrutiny for past BDS support and the Sainsbury's Birmingham protest; Mahmoud wrote, `I have always supported a diplomatic process to stop the killing of innocent civilians, get humanitarian aid in and get the hostages out`.
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Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary amid pressure to tackle migration
Her appointment comes amid discontent over asylum hotels and record numbers of Channel crossings.
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