Has Shabana Mahmood won her immigration tussle?

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to unveil a major crackdown on legal migration, one of the government's most contentious policies, roughly a year after the plans were first proposed. The announcement comes as domestic political battles threaten to collide with diplomatic challenges for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with the timing raising questions about internal party tensions. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, widely seen as a potential leadership rival, is traveling to the Caribbean as the policy is rolled out. The central question is whether Mahmood has prevailed in the government's internal immigration tussle over the crackdown's scope and direction. Observers will be watching the details of the legal migration measures, the reaction from Labour backbenchers, and whether Burnham's absence signals anything about his positioning. The episode underscores how migration policy remains a defining test of Starmer's leadership heading into the policy's formal launch.