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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Yvette Cooper risks ‘Windrush-type’ scandal by rushing asylum response, says Amber Rudd

Yvette Cooper leaves 10 Downing Street: she is stepping out of the grand doorway between stone pillars, holding a red folder. She wears a blue blouse and trouser suit and black high-heeled shoes.
Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has rolled out a series of new polices intended to quell public anger over irregular migration. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Yvette Cooper risks another Windrush-style scandal by repeating the mistakes the Conservatives made in implementing a hostile environment for migrants, a former Conservative home secretary has warned.

Amber Rudd, who was home secretary under Theresa May, urged her successor not to rush her response to the asylum controversy, as Cooper rolls out a series of new policies to quell public anger over irregular migration.

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