‘Repugnant’ or necessary? The new asylum rules - The Story
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Home secretary Shabana Mahmood announced sweeping changes to the asylum rules yesterday; the largest overhaul since the Second World War. The changes have apparently been inspired by Denmark but will they work or are they - as one Labour MP said - ‘repugnant’?
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Guests:
- Ben Clathworthy, Whitehall editor, The Times.
- Fraser Nelson, columnist, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Olivia Case, Micaela Arneson, Harry Stott.
Read more: Shabana Mahmood speech: Asylum policy to cope with ‘volatile’ world
Further listening: Doomed to fail? Labour’s asylum u-turn
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Photo: Andrew Fox for The Sunday Times.
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