Home secretary vows overhaul after previously secret 2023 review lists series of perceived shortcomings
Shabana Mahmood has said the Home Office is “not yet fit for purpose” after the release of a damning report that was kept secret for years.
The review, written under the previous government, uncovered a series of perceived shortcomings including a “culture of defeatism” on immigration, a lack of trust from other departments, and “several confused and conflicting systems”.
Written by the former Home Office special adviser Nick Timothy in 2023, it has been released after a two-year legal battle by the Times.
Responding to the revelations, Mahmood, who took over as home secretary from Yvette Cooper in September, vowed to overhaul the department, which she said had been “set up to fail”.
