By all means cover the attack lines and rebuttals in the report that follows. But the actual headline here should be not be shaped by either side's partisan briefings.

Time to look at the initial decision backlog. This has continued to decrease, but this can't be considered in isolation. As above - increased decision making combined w/ increased refusal rate & poor quality decisions means that cases are simply shifted into the appeals backlog in the tribunal.

Concerning to see grant rate for Afghan nationals dropping to 36%. UK is (rightly) not forcibly returning these people so what is the plan?

Quickly checking the returns data - 3 people were returned to Afghanistan in Q3 2025 (July to Sept)

Let's start by looking at the asylum grant rate. This has dropped from 54% in y/e Sept 2024 to 45%. A large proportion of these refusals will be unlawful due to poor decision making by the Home Office.

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Have the house split into maisonettes? Then supply could technically increase? I'm not sure how they measure it honestly

This emotional argument is Always employed when people make suggestions about elderly people downsizing from houses they can't really afford but I don't think they realise how many u-40s can't relate at all to the idea of having a home they could stay in for the rest of their life

And in a lot of ways it also reflects the standard of British politics – in which the aim is not to improve people's lives, but to make the lives of people you don't like for arbitrary reasons, worse and more miserable

Reckon the greens would say the same, only without being racist and xenophobic