Home Secretary Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over refusal to sack minister who breached code
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Rajeev Syal, Pippa Crerar
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is in a standoff with Prime Minister Keir Starmer over Downing Street's refusal to immediately sack junior immigration minister Mike Tapp, who breached the ministerial code by writing an unauthorized article calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from hardline immigration changes. No 10 has stated no decision has been made by the prime minister, escalating tensions within the Labour government.
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· 3 pulledShabana Mahmood is locked in an extraordinary standoff with Keir Starmer after Downing Street refused to immediately sack her junior minister for breaching the ministerial code.
The home secretary has demanded that Mike Tapp, the immigration minister, should be sacked for writing an unauthorised article calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from hardline immigration changes.
But No 10 has so far refused to officially sack Tapp, saying 'no decision' has been made by the prime minister.
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