GB News issues breaking migrant alert and it's awful look for Labour

GB News issues breaking migrant alert and it's awful look for Labour The late-night talk show derailed following the explosive new announcement from the Government. Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Add us as preferred source Comments By Bethany Whittingham , Senior Showbiz Reporter 08:10, Tue, Nov 3, 2026 Updated: 10:54, Tue, Nov 3, 2026 GB News: Martin Daubney shares breaking Lisa Nandy news GB News ground to a halt minutes into their evening show as they issued a breaking news alert - and it's bad news for Labour.

On Monday (November 2), presenter Martin Daubney returned to the airwaves for his tea-time show, where he discussed the biggest issues hitting the UK this week. It didn't take long for the show to derail after a breaking news alert about the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms . The 56-year-old broadcaster announced that Shabana Mahmood is starting major overhauls to the UK's legal migration and earned settlement system. She has scaled back her most hardline plans to make care workers wait 15 years for settlement in the UK, but told MPs that many migrants would still face retrospective rule changes requiring them to wait a decade.

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Under pressure from a cabinet backlash and health unions, she has offered a carve-out for care workers, allowing them to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years. But most of the rigorous new rules drawn up by her office last year remain in place, including plans to force those who arrive in the UK by irregular means, such as small boats, to wait up to 30 years before applying for settlement.

The changes drew immediate cries of betrayal from the Conservative and the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage , who branded the move "the beginning of the capitulation." Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT However, Mahmood insisted to the Commons that she would still enact sweeping changes that will mean many migrant workers will wait twice as long as they had expected for settlement. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT GB News ground to a halt for a major migrant breaking news update (Image: GB News) She said the settlement was "one of the most valuable rights this country can offer.

Until now it has been given almost automatically. From today, it must be earned. Those who contribute will settle fastest. Those who don't play by the rules will be refused of wait much longer." Mr Daubney welcomed a guest panel onto the show to discuss the breaking news revelation, including former Labour MP Stephen Pound and former Attorney General, Sir Michael Ellis. The pair wasted no time in sparking a heated debate on the issue, with the host branding the development "treacherous".

He began: "This is treacherous. Asylum seekers are being asked if they want to be deported, and they're saying no. Of course they're saying no." The former politician swiftly interjected, fuming: "Martin, let's get a few things straight here. "If you're saying this thing is all being driven entirely by people whose interest it is to extend immigration policy, then Shabana Mahmood has stood up to them. "I think Shabana Mahmood's time is numbered."Small boat migrants are eligible to apply for indefinite leave to remain under Shabana Mahmood's latest migration reform.📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 https://t.co/iViDN7JBF5 — GB News (@GBNEWS) November 2, 2026 Get the latest politics news - straight from our team in Westminster and more I would like to receive emails from the Daily Express featuring our latest products, services, offers, and promotions from across the Reach Plc family .

Subscribe Invalid email You agree you are 18 or over. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. You can unsubscribe at any time. More Info . "Because if it was 82% of the people who had some skin in the game and she wanted to extend immigration rights in the country, she's done the opposite; she's restricted it.

"The other key thing is, anybody could have taken part in this; there was no concentrated scheme for it." It was at this point that Mr Ellis shared one vital piece of information. He explained: "Let me let you in on a secret. Whether the consultation is about this, the environment, or a myriad of other things, many consultations are usurped. They're hijacked by pressure and interest groups; they're the only people who tend to engage in many of these consultations.

"It's one of the things that stymies good Government in this country. We have traditional reviews if people aren't given an opportunity to have a consultation, and we have all manner of problems as a result of that, which need radical reform. Former Attorney General Sir Michael Ellis slammed Shabana Mahmood's new immigration changes (Image: GB News) "But this is a very extreme example that Rob Bates has pointed out here, where 82% of the people who took part in this consultation have an interest in making sure the policy is as weak as possible, and only 18% were British people.

"So here we now have a massive U-turn by Shabana Mahmood, and I'm going to predict something here. I think Shabana Mahmood's time is numbered because I think she's not getting the support from No. 10 that she wants, and she clearly has had to do a U-turn because of the pressure from the far-left. "Andy Burnham, the current No. 10, supports that decision. He doesn't want to upset any apple carts or overturn any boats, ironically, if you'll forgive the analogy.

What he wants to do is give the far-left within his Parliamentary favour the leeway they need. She's now under pressure; she's not delivering." Mr Pound immediately snapped back with: "That is simply not true. At the moment, social media is awash with people saying this is a dictatorial, fascist Government that's cracking down and being cruel to immigrants. "Whether they are or they aren't, all I'm saying is the idea that the Labour party is actually treating this as a referendum instead of a consultation simply doesn't stand."

Laura Kuenssberg breaks silence on 'threesome' live on Jeremy Vine Show Andy Burnham torn to shreds live on air after King Charles fury Fans soon flocked to social media to voice their frustrations at the major changes to immigration rights online. One user fumed: "Oh, let's just give them everything, shall we? Can't wait for my alarm to go off tomorrow morning so I can go to work to pay for them." Another agreed: "It must be a prerequisite for all Labour politicians to be idiots," as a third echoed: "We think it's bad now, but what will Britain be like in five or 10 years' time if someone doesn't get a grip on immigration, both legal and illegal?

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