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Delays in the time taken to process asylum claims have been compounded as inexperienced and low-paid staff have been hired to handle applications, several insiders have told 麻豆社 Two's Newsnight.

Local councils are complaining about the number of asylum seekers - 37,000 - they鈥檙e having to house in hotels, and most recent figure for the backlog of people waiting for decisions, from June, came to 122,000.

Home Office staff told Newsnight鈥檚 UK Editor, Sima Kotecha, that this was slowing down decisions, leading to long, expensive hotel stays for asylum seekers.

Today鈥檚 Justin Webb spoke to Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary, on these delays at the Home Office and what needs to change.