‘Was I not enough?’: care worker barred from meeting home secretary

Nigerian care worker Kolade says he was left in tears after being excluded from talks with Shabana Mahmood over proposed changes to immigration system

Kolade had carefully prepared what he would tell the home secretary about the elderly people he cares for, the life his family had built in Britain and how her immigration proposals could threaten both.

The meeting with Shabana Mahmood had already been rescheduled twice. When the third date fell during a holiday, he cut his trip short to travel to London. But hours before the meeting was due to take place, it was cancelled after Mahmood declined to allow him to attend.