Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood Says Synagogue Attack Shows There Is A 'Problem' With Integration

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e22f9414000045e85c6ebd.jpeg?cache=BSzMG740IJ&ops=crop_17_34_3927_2755%2Cscalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Britain's Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. " data-caption="Britain's Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. " data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Britain's Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. </div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/shabana-mahmood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shabana Mahmood</a> has said that the terror attack on a Manchester synagogue proves there is a “problem” with integration in the UK.</p><p>Speaking after <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/two-killed-in-horrific-terror-attack-on-manchester-synagogue_uk_68de6ff8e4b0c450ba655677">two people were killed and three others seriously injured</a> on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the home secretary said she is “very worried about the state of community relations in our country”.</p><p><a href="news/sky-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sky News </a>presenter Trevor Phillips asked the cabinet minister on Sunday morning: “Have we failed on integration?”</p><p>She replied: “I think there is a question for us to ask ourselves on integration.</p><p>“You’re right Trevor, as somebody who has grown up with all the advantages of this society, all of the freedoms, all of the rights but all of the responsibilities that