Shabana Mahmood accuses asylum seekers of making ‘vexatious, last-minute claims’

Home Office says it will review modern slavery laws to save PM's one in, one out' returns deal with France

Shabana Mahmood has accused asylum seekers of making vexatious, last-minute claims" to avoid removal to France as the Home Office said it would review modern slavery laws to save Keir Starmer's returns deal.

After an 11th-hour injunction that scuppered Labour's one in, one out" scheme, the home secretary said she would stop claimants suddenly deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal", adding that it made a mockery of our laws and this country's generosity".