Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has addressed confusion over her stance on migration policy after joking about struggling to "lie" during an interview about supporting a key aspect of proposed changes. The remarks, made at a Westminster journalists’ event, referenced an earlier Sky News interview where she repeatedly declined to confirm her position on extending the wait for foreign workers to gain permanent residency. Fahnbulleh clarified that her comments were intended as lighthearted self-deprecation but sought to avoid any misinterpretation of her backing for the policy. The exchange highlights ongoing political scrutiny over the government’s approach to immigration reforms.
Miatta Fahnbulleh says reference to ‘awkward’ interview was meant to be lighthearted and self-deprecatingThe energy secretary has been forced to clarify that she backs Shabana Mahmood’s migration policy, after earlier joking that she had not been able to “lie” about supporting a key element of the changes.Miatta Fahnbulleh made the original remarks to a journalists’ event in Westminster, referring to an “awkward” Sky News interview in which she repeatedly refused to say she was in favour of plans to make foreign workers wait 15 years to get permanent residency. Continue reading...
