- Home Office minister says ministers are open to changing the law to try to deport Shabir Ahmed, the Rochdale grooming gang ringleader recently released on licence.
- Current immigration rules dating from around 1971–73 (put in place partly to protect Windrush-era arrivals) mean people who arrived before 1973 can’t be removed — the obstacle at the centre of the row.
- Victims and MPs are outraged after his release (he was reported wearing a GPS tag), prompting urgent Commons questions and fresh calls to amend the law.
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