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An Amnesty International campaigner wearing a Priti Patel mask tears up a 'Refugees Welcome' placard opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, in December 2021
THE Welsh Parliament has rejected the Nationality and Borders Bill, signalling another blow to Priti Patel’s “deeply damaging” asylum shake-up.
The Senedd voted on Tuesday evening to withdraw consent for the proposed legislation amid concerns that it could breach international law.
Social Justice Minister Jane Hutt tabled her legislative consent memorandum (LCM) on the basis that changes to how child asylum-seekers’ ages are assessed interfere with Wales’s devolved powers.
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DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
JACKIE OWEN and DYLAN LEWIS-ROWLANDS argue that Welsh Labour conference this weekend is the be-all and end-all moment if Labour wants to avoid a rout at next year’s election