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’? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory 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 Clips: Sky, Times Radio, parliamentlive.tv. Photo: Andrew Fox for The Sunday Times. Get in touch:
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