The most significant reform to our migration system in modern times.

That was the Home Secretary's own assessment of her changes to asylum and immigration policy announced this week.

On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood revealed her plans to massively

alter existing rules on immigration and asylum seekers. It included making refugee status temporary,

reducing opportunities for appeal and reducing support. The plans were welcomed by both the

Conservatives and Reform, or rather critiqued, for not going far enough,

and lambasted by some members of her own party. So, how have these plans landed, what might

happen next and what challenges lie ahead? Meanwhile, our final instalment of our Public Services

Performance Tracker says that the Prime Minister must urgently get a grip if he

wants to see tangible improvements to these services before the next election. We will discuss what

the government needs to do if it wants to get public sector performance back on track. And we will

also be speaking to Scottish First Minister John Sweeney, who stopped by the IFG to discuss last night's football

triumph. We're recording on Wednesday. The political context in Scotland, ahead of the crucial UK budget

and the SMP's vision for Scotland's future. All that to come. I'm Catherine Haddon, and this is

Inside Briefing the podcast from the Institute for Government. After the NHS last week, we have more

of the IFG's public services team here with us today, program director Nick Davies and senior

researcher Cassia Rowland. Hi, both. Are you glad to be through the performance tracker marathon?

I think we're already looking forward to next year. Okay, well, let's start with the announcement

from the Home Secretary

on Monday. After several days of briefing, we had a House of Commons announcement and a policy

statement published by the government. Nick, I'll start with you. Is it unusual for a Home Secretary

so new in the job to make such a dramatic new policy? So I think there are definitely past

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