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Home Secretary Pledges Asylum System Overhaul

Shabana Mahmood pledges the biggest overhaul of the UK's asylum system in modern times

The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has said a proposed tightening of asylum rules will help stop illegal immigration from 'tearing the country apart'. Plans that she'll set out in the Commons tomorrow include quadrupling to twenty years the length of time people granted asylum will have to wait before they can settle permanently in the UK. In other news, a clear-up is under way in Monmouth in south Wales after Storm Claudia caused severe flooding, devastating homes and businesses. And one of Donald Trump鈥檚 staunchest allies has accused the President of putting her life in danger after he branded her a traitor.

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