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Miriam Burrell and David Bond

London politics latest live: Rishi Sunak says Suella Braverman ‘getting on with the job’ as he is pressed on ‘broken’ asylum system

Rishi Sunak has said Home Secretary Suella Braverman is “getting on with the job” as he faced a barrage of questions about the “broken” asylum system at PMQs.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: "His Home Secretary says the asylum system is broken. Who broke it?"

Mr Sunak responded: "We can look at the record on migration policy."

The remark was met with a wall of noise from the Labour benches before Mr Sunak continued: "What did we on this side of the House do?

"We gave the British people a referendum on Brexit. We delivered Brexit. We ended the free movement of people. That's our record on migration policy. It's not something the honourable gentleman supported. He opposed it at every turn and it's not what the British people want."

Earlier on Wednesday Mr Sunak announced a U-turn on attending Cop27 in Egypt - saying he will now attend.

The Prime Minister wrote in a tweet: “There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change. There is no energy security without investing in renewables. That is why I will attend next week: to deliver on Glasgow’s legacy of building a secure and sustainable future.”

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