A Labour frontbencher was sharply critical of the home secretary's speech in the US about the global asylum system on Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge.
There have been no small boat arrivals detected by the Home Office in the last seven days, new data shows.
In the past few minutes, however, Downing Street has said Ms Braverman's speech was signed off by them before it was delivered.What does the UN 1951 Refugee Convention say - and can you change it?The home secretary has suggested the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention needs updating to stop"simply being gay or a woman" being a reason for people to claim asylum in the UK.
Daisy Cooper insists the party will have a"fully costed manifesto" at the next election, and says their last one in 2019 was approved by the Institute for Fiscal Studies."The Liberal Democrats are setting out the bold, radical ideas to fix our NHS and to fix social care, and we will provide a fully costed manifesto to show precisely how we're going to pay for it," she insists.
The Lib Dems want a"firm but fair" asylum system, Ms Cooper says, adding:"I think people are sick to the back teeth of the home secretary just grandstanding and talking again about tinkering with international law and potentially, you know, trying to threaten the international system."
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