Shabana Mahmood: “I would be happy to meet with MPs in the area to discuss the issue and wider funding concerns.”

I’m doing whatever it takes to secure our border.

We do absolutely have to do more as a Government and as a society to know exactly what the boundaries are between passionate, contested, fierce debate... and then behaviour that spills into threats and harassment.

I know the thoughts of everyone here are with the victims and survivors of this vile criminal.

A little over two years into office and the asylum backlog is down, the number of asylum seekers in hotels is falling, illegal working arrests are at record levels, and deportations and returns are up markedly.