By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2026-06-25 17:48:13 | Updated at 2026-06-25 19:01:59
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Shabana Mahmood is set to sack her migration minister after he breached ministerial code.
Mike Tapp, who is the MP for Dover & Deal, penned an article without his boss's approval in which he demanded migrant care workers are given special exemptions from her migration reforms.
Writing the article for The Times, Mr Tapp said it was his "strong belief" that migrants should not face extended periods for permanent settlement in Britain.
But Ms Mahmood is said to not have given her junior minister the greenlight to publish the op-ed, revealing fracturing within the top level of Government.
A Whitehall insider said: "Mike Tapp is expected to be sacked for breaching the ministerial code.
"He has taken possible ideas that the Home Secretary and her team were working on, and briefed them as his own to try to win a job in the new administration."
The Home Office minister became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship back in September 2025, just two months after Labour won its landslide under Sir Keir Starmer.
Mr Tapp was accused of hoping to win another role in a potential Burnham Cabinet, with the Makerfield MP expected to move into No10 on July 17.
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