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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Pratiti Nath

Are the Tories Indulging In Series of Misleading Claims Including Asylum Backlog Clearance?

The UK Statistics Authority Chairman Sir Robert Chote said the Home Office and the UK ministers misleading claims regarding asylum backlog clearance might affect public trust as the full context of it has been left out. (Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA)

The Sunak government is caught on the wrong foot again after the UK Statistics Authority revealed that UK ministers and the Home Office were lying regarding clearing pending asylum requests.

The Chairman of the UK Statistics Authority Sir Robert Chote said findings from an investigation conducted by the statistics authority showed that claims made by UK ministers were false. Sir Robert said this may affect the public trust as shown by the number of complaints received.

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