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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Rachael Burford

Government’s asylum seeker plans in doubt, admits Home Office

Improvements to the asylum system in Britain are “in doubt” unless the Home Office takes urgent action, a spending watchdog has warned.

In a critical report, the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed that Government promises to make the system more efficient and speed up decisions on whether people are allowed to stay in the country are not on track.

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