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Minister says he ‘won’t be intimidated’ by home secretary as public row escalates

Shabana Mahmood has demanded Mike Tapp be sacked over call for care worker exemption to migration rulesUK politics live – latest updatesAn extraordinary public row between the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and one of her junior ministers has escalated after…

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Shabana Mahmood has demanded Mike Tapp be sacked over call for care worker exemption to migration rules

An extraordinary public row between the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and one of her junior ministers has escalated after he said he “won’t be intimidated” in response to calls by her for him to be sacked.

Mahmood demanded on Thursday that the migration minister, Mike Tapp, should be fired for writing an unauthorised article in the Times calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from controversial changes to the immigration rules. But Keir Starmer has so far not sacked Tapp for apparently breaking the rules around ministerial conduct.

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