"Shabana Mahmood's radical plans to overhaul the asylum system could cause unintended consequences such as increased homelessness among people seeking refuge and growing case backlogs, Whitehall's spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, has concluded. Rajeev Syal has the story. Here is the NAO's report. And here is its eight-page summary. Share Good morning. It is PMQs today, but Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is also facing intense scrutiny in the Commons today."
"Commenting on the motion, Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor, said: Rachel Reeves has repeatedly misled the British public. She promised she wouldn't raise taxes on working people - and then she did. She insisted there was a black hole in the public finances - and there wasn't. Rachel Reeves has put party before country, so today the Conservatives are giving MPs the chance to formally censure the Chancellor and call on her to apologise to families across the"
The National Audit Office concluded that Shabana Mahmood's radical asylum overhaul plans could cause unintended consequences, including increased homelessness among people seeking refuge and growing case backlogs. The NAO issued a full report and an eight-page summary detailing those risks. Parliamentary business includes Prime Minister's Questions, and Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is giving evidence to the Treasury committee while facing a Conservative-led censure motion in the Commons. Commons rules bar accusing MPs of lying unless truthfulness is the subject of debate. The Conservative motion urges Reeves to apologise for allegedly misleading the public about finances and policy choices.
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