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Home secretary accused of persisting with ‘unfair’ immigration crackdown despite care worker exemption
Under Shabana Mahmood’s watered-down plans those who arrive on a small boat will have to wait up to 30 years More
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Tory grandee blasts slave reparations after Burnham denies payout plans
Former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind has told The Independent that paying compensation for events 300 years ago is ‘illogical and should be rejected’ as leftwing Labour MPs push the prime minister to agree to payouts More
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Mahmood’s ‘Reform-lite’ migrant crackdown was nonsense, top economist claims
The home secretary has watered down her initial immigration crackdown – but a leading economist claims the plan has backfired More
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Britain says many migrants will have to wait longer to win the right to stay
The British government says it will double the wait time for many immigrants to settle permanently, although key workers and higher earners will be exempted More
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How the SAS tracked a notorious IRA sniper to a secluded thorn bush
A SAS commando tells Sam Kiley how the imperative was to try and take Bernard McGinn alive in 1997 in order not to jeopardise political peace negotiations going on behind the scenes More
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Burnham to offer cheap fees to EU students in return for access to post-Brexit scheme
Move is the first step in prime minister’s plans to become closer to the EU More
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Hundreds of thousands more people to be pushed into poverty by Labour’s freeze on housing benefit
Exclusive: Leading charities warn that the decision will ‘undermine’ Andy Burnham’s pledge to end rough sleeping More
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Legal migrants to face waits of 10 years or more for right to settle in UK
There is speculation that one group of workers will be exempt from the change More
