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Shabana Mahmood Defends Immigration Policy Amid Controversy

4/21/2026

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Shabana Mahmood (Labour MP) defended her immigration policies during a London interview, resisting accusations of copying Nigel Farage's Reform UK.
She criticized protesters for delegitimizing immigration concerns, saying such claims often carry a racial undertone.
She outlined plans to review refugee asylum grants every 30 months and extend settlement for overseas workers from five to ten years, while critics including the IPPR thinktank challenge that these changes would save £10 billion.

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Shabana Mahmood (Labour MP) defended her immigration policies during a London interview, resisting accusations of copying Nigel Farage's Reform UK.
She criticized protesters for delegitimizing immigration concerns, saying such claims often carry a racial undertone.
She outlined plans to review refugee asylum grants every 30 months and extend settlement for overseas workers from five to ten years, while critics including the IPPR thinktank challenge that these changes would save £10 billion.