Labour has accused Suella Braverman of getting her figures wrong after the Home Secretary claimed the backlog of people awaiting an initial decision on their asylum claim has reduced.Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper called on Ms Braverman to withdraw the claim in the Commons.But the Home Secretary declined to respond to the criticism.Ms Braverman made the initial claim when making a statement updating the Commons on the Government's progress on its stated goals of reducing the number of small

Labour has accused Suella Braverman of getting her figures wrong after the Home Secretary claimed the backlog of people awaiting an initial decision on their asylum claim has reduced.Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper called on Ms Braverman to withdraw the claim in the Commons.But the Home Secretary declined to respond to the criticism.Ms Braverman made the initial claim when making a statement updating the Commons on the Government's progress on its stated goals of reducing the number of small boats crossing the Channel, and finding alternative ways to house people who have arrived in the UK.