Shabana Mahmood
UK Home Secretary advocating for measures to prevent online exploitation of children.
Notable Quotes
"This technology is already on devices. The tech firms just need to switch it on to block children from seeing nude imagery."View Story →
"As a society, we have not kept pace with the changing threats that children face."View Story →
"if Burnham sees the Treasury as a brake on, rather than an accelerator of, regional growth..."View Story →
"The 1971 Act provided protections for long-term UK residents but should not be used as a bar against removal in cases like that of Shabir Ahmed."View Story →
"The plans for remote English testing were 'incompatible' with the home secretary's objective of improving the security, quality and integrity of the exams."View Story →
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