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Tommy Robinson backs Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms
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The Independent
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Read our Privacy noticeTommy Robinson has welcomed the government’s sweeping reforms to the asylum system, sparking concern from Labour backbenchers.
The Home Office has billed the reforms, inspired by a strict approach taken by Denmark, as being the “biggest changes to the asylum system in modern times”.
On Monday, Ms Mahmood insisted her plans could unite “a divided country” and fix the asylum system, after a Labour MP branded them “dystopian”.
Asked if the prime minister is happy that Robinson welcomed the plans, the official told reporters: "For too long Britain has lived with an asylum system that is broken...