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Andy Burnham set to soften migrant rules despite backing Shabana Mahmood’s new asylum crackdown

ANDY Burnham last night backed the Home Secretary’s new asylum crackdown - but tougher migrant settlement rules look set to be softened under his premiership. The Prime Minister-in-waiting voted for Shabana Mahmood’s new law, which will make it easier to deport illegal migrants and foreign criminal...

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What happened Andy Burnham set to soften migrant rules despite backing Shabana Mahmood’s new asylum crackdown.
The headline split The Sun frames it as "Andy Burnham set to soften migrant rules despite backing Shabana Mahmood’s new asylum cra...". GB News frames it as "Andy Burnham risks Labour revolt before becoming PM as he backs Shabana Mahmood's migrati...".
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The SunNews report · Jul 13, 11:19 PM

Andy Burnham set to soften migrant rules despite backing Shabana Mahmood’s new asylum crackdown

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ANDY Burnham last night backed the Home Secretary’s new asylum crackdown - but tougher migrant settlement rules look set to be softened under his premiership. The Prime Minister-in-waiting...

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GB NewsNews report · Jul 13, 9:16 PM

Andy Burnham risks Labour revolt before becoming PM as he backs Shabana Mahmood's migration reforms

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Andy Burnham has been warned he risks sparking a Labour revolt before even becoming Prime Minister by backing Shabana Mahmood's migration reforms. More than 80 Labour backbenchers have writ...

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