The home secretary delivers a speech calling for reform of the global asylum system in Washington DC; Sir Ed Davey's headline pledge to voters in his address at the Lib Dem annual conference was on cancer treatment.
Labour's shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has given her reaction to Suella Braverman's speech.
She said Labour wants to see"international cooperation on tackling illegal migration and also on supporting refugees who've fled persecution and conflict". In a statement, the global charity's UK chief executive, Sacha Deshmukh, said the convention is a"cornerstone of the international legal system" and added:"We need to call out this assault on the convention for what it is: a display of cynicism and xenophobia."
So if it's not really about policy...and I'm also not at all clear if she's speaking on behalf of the PM...
She said UK leaders"need to be honest with the British people", and added:"Just because I have an immigrant background does not exclude me from this conversation."also asked the home secretary if her speech was more about her leadership ambitions given the Conservative Party's struggles in the polls.
The most eye-catching part of the home secretary's speech was her call to reform the UN Refugee Convention. Ms Braverman pointed to polling showing most red wall voters want to stop small boat crossings"using any means necessary". It's already causing unwanted headlines in the US media - their takeaway being that she is implicitly criticising Biden's failing migration policies.
"Upholding the humanitarian duty to provide refuge and safety to women in need is not just an option; it's an imperative." - who fled the Holocaust on a Kindertransport to the UK - has also condemned the speech, labelling it"shocking". David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, has said that the home secretary's"targeting" of LGBT+ people is"shameful new low".
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