Overview

• The promotion follows Angela Rayner’s resignation and a wider cabinet reset that moves Yvette Cooper to Foreign Secretary.
• As justice secretary, Mahmood introduced prison‑system overhaul legislation this week and worked on easing overcrowding and the courts backlog.
• She has proposed changing the law so foreign offenders are deported immediately upon receiving a custodial sentence, saying offenders who break UK laws will be removed.
• The new home secretary will lead plans to tighten judges’ use of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in immigration cases, with proposals expected in the autumn.
• Refugee advocates urged rapid action to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers, speed up decisions, and expand safe and legal routes.