Home Secretary Suella Braverman is continuing to defend her migration speech in the wake of a backlash.
The home secretary has said that asylum seekers pretend to be gay in order to"get special treatment".
According to Home Office data, sexual orientation formed the basis of just 4% of asylum applications in 2020 and 1% in 2021.15:59:56Boris Johnson has been given planning permission to build a swimming pool at his Oxfordshire home. In a report submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council, Edward Church said the location of the planned pool"falls within the red zone of highest risk" to the species .
Tracy Brabin, mayor of West Yorkshire, has hit out at the government as it appears the northern leg of HS2 is set to be delayed or scrapped, and has called for long-term commitments to building infrastructure across the UK. "Businesses... are telling me on a daily basis what they need is consistency and they need direction," she said.
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