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'We won't copy Reform or Greens on migration'

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March 06, 2026

LABOUR should not be tempted to become “more Green” or “more Reform” on its migration policy, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said, while admitting that it is a “difficult time” for her party.

'We won't copy Reform or Greens on migration'

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood

Ms Mahmood said her party's identity is being “bitterly” contested, but insisted that Labour values are at the heart of her “firm but fair” migration reforms.

In a speech at the centre-left think tank IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) on Thursday, she outlined the case for a position between Reform leader Nigel Farage’s “nightmare pulling up the drawbridge and shutting out the world” and Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s “fairytale of open borders”.

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