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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bancroft

Rishi Sunak’s claim to have cleared the asylum backlog labelled ‘misleading’ by factchecker

PA Wire

Rishi Sunak’s claim that the government has cleared the asylum backlog has been called “misleading” by a fact checking organisation.

Full Fact, a charity that combats misinformation, reviewed the claim after a row broke out about the backog, with Labour accusing Mr Sunak of a “barefaced lie”.

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