Has Sunak Cleared the Asylum Backlog?
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4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at the government’s claim that it has cleared the backlog of older asylum cases.
The Home Secretary, James Cleverly, has said that “every single” legacy application has been processed, meeting one of Sunak’s pledges, but is that the case? To delve into the numbers, Adam is joined by Madeleine Sumption from The Migration Observatory, and Nick Eardley from BBC Verify.
And, after criticism following the suicide of head teacher Ruth Perry, Ofsted announced that inspectors will receive training around mental health at the start of this new term. Adam speaks to headteacher Calvin Henry and education editor Branwen Jeffreys about what the changes at Ofsted mean for education. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray with Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Ricardo Mccarthy. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.
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| 0:05.0 | Hello, Newscast is back properly with a classic episode where we talk about the day's big |
| 0:10.0 | news stories, like, has the government really met its pledge to finish up the asylum backlog |
| 0:16.4 | and what does the new boss of Ofsted think when the school inspection body's been really |
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