# Minister says Mahmood’s migration policy will ‘prolong integration’

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-19T17:35:17+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/19/migration-energy-secretary-mahmood-fahnbulleh
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/minister-says-mahmood-s-migration-policy-will-prolong-integration-e36fa1/

In now-removed post, Miatta Fahnbulleh criticised home secretary’s proposal to extend qualifying period for settlement in UK The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, appears to have criticised Shabana Mahmood’s migration policy in a post on her constituency website, in which she suggested she had concerns that a longer settlement process could affect integration. Fahnbulleh has since removed the c

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