"The generosity of the British people will become conditional on those seeking asylum following the law, living by our rules and not working. Taxpayer-funded accommodation will be received in reserve for those who have no right to work and will otherwise be destitute, such as for any British citizen. Rights must come with responsibilities, and British taxpayers cannot be expected to fund the lives of those who refuse."
"If we don't resolve these problems, others with none of our values will be given the chance to do so instead. She said the proposals were needed to restore control at the border and combat the rising appeal of hard-right parties such as Reform UK."
"We can change our immigration system for the better without forgetting who we are as a Labour party. You don't win back pub [truncated in source material]"
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood introduced significant immigration policy changes designed to restore border control and counter the rise of hard-right parties. The reforms include ending permanent refugee status, removing government support from asylum seekers deemed not to need it or who break the law, and launching a pilot program offering rejected asylum families up to £40,000 to voluntarily leave or face forcible removal. Mahmood emphasized that rights must come with responsibilities and that taxpayer-funded support should be reserved for those with no right to work and facing destitution. The announcement provoked immediate criticism from Labour backbenchers, with 100 MPs signing a letter opposing the proposals as unfair and potentially damaging to the party's core values and supporters.
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