Shabana Mahmood: “This news will be deeply distressing for our Jewish communities, coming so soon after Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.”

I know that, throughout our consultation process, some have said elements of these reforms are not fair. To that: let me say this. We will come to a position that balances fairness for those who came here legally, and fairness to British…

You can almost guarantee that every woman that’s in the north of France has probably been raped along the journey.

They’re just troublemakers. You know, they’d kill me in a minute if they could, and they’d definitely kick me out of my own country.

I am very clear that the test will be one of fairness, fairness of those who have come and fairness for British citizens. It's a question of finding the right balance for that fairness.