Starmer has laid out his plan to tackle asylum. Will it actually work? | Sunder Katwala

The Labour leader confirmed he would scrap the Rwanda scheme in his Dover speech, then confusingly blurred his own argumentCould Keir Starmer “Make Asylum Boring Again”? That would be the ultimate test of success for his claim that he can grip the issue that has caused Rishi Sunak more trouble than any other. Starmer’s message is that he is no less committed to securing the borders and stopping the small boats crossing the Channel, but that achieving this requires a serious pla