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Labour’s Asylum Policy Sparks Outcry from MPs

11/18/2025

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Labour leader Keir Starmer faces backlash from party MPs over new asylum policies by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
The measures push for more deportations of families and children and a two-and-a-half-year asylum reapplication cycle.
Labour critics call the plans morally wrong and politically disastrous, fearing voter alienation.
Far-right figures praise the proposals, while MPs doubt the government can implement them without pushback.

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Story summary

Labour leader Keir Starmer faces backlash from party MPs over new asylum policies by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
The measures push for more deportations of families and children and a two-and-a-half-year asylum reapplication cycle.
Labour critics call the plans morally wrong and politically disastrous, fearing voter alienation.
Far-right figures praise the proposals, while MPs doubt the government can implement them without pushback.