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Who is Shabana Mahmood? The home secretary is the face of Labour’s most hardline immigration policies to date

Who is Shabana Mahmood? The home secretary is the face of Labour’s most hardline immigration policies to date

How did Mahmood, who once stated that she personally supported a general amnesty for all undocumented workers, become the face of a hardline Labour...

19.11.2025 8

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Parveen Akhtar

Zia Yusuf turned Reform into an election winner – his angry resignation leaves Nigel Farage weakened

The party chairman resigned after Reform’s newest MP called for a burqa ban in parliament.

06.06.2025 9

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Zia Yusuf: the British Muslim driving Reform’s transformation into an election winner

Yusuf has faced personal abuse and is the child of immigrants, but appears to see no contradiction in chairing an anti-immigration party.

09.05.2025 5

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Parveen Akhtar