Does Labour’s new home secretary signal a harder line on immigration?
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🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:08.1 | Today, who is the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud? |
| 0:19.4 | Bonjour, this is Julia Bradbury, and I've just been uncovering Normandy's hidden gems with Brittany Ferries. |
| 0:25.6 | After one bite of the fresh French-themed cuisine on board, my holiday had started. |
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| 0:50.0 | This message was paid for by Brittany Ferries. Happy good night, sir. It was the biggest |
| 1:00.0 | the biggest cabinet shake-up of Keir-starmer's premiership so far, a reshuffle that switched the chairs of some of the government's most high-profile ministers, and the biggest changes in the Home Office. |
| 1:13.3 | David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary became the Deputy Prime Minister, |
| 1:17.1 | moved to Justice, Shabana Mahmoud, |
| 1:19.3 | the Justice Secretary going to the Home Office, |
| 1:21.7 | the Home Secretary of Eck Cooper moving to the Foreign Office. |
| 1:26.4 | Shabana Mahmoud is now the first Muslim woman in one of the great offices of state. |
| 1:31.7 | She's a central figure on Labour's right, known for her relatively hardline views on immigration |
| 1:37.7 | and asylum. |
| 1:39.1 | I am very clear. |
| 1:40.1 | I have one top priority in this job, and that is to secure the borders. |
| 1:43.9 | I will do whatever it takes. |
| 1:45.8 | And for those who've worked with me already in government and in my previous brief, |
| 1:49.2 | I think people can tell I'm not the sort of person that hangs around. |
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