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Hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims despite figures showing thousands of �*complex' cases remain unresolved. hello and welcome to the programme. the home secretary says the government has "done what it promised" and dealt with a backlog of older asylum cases. james cleverly said "every single one" of the backlog applications had been processed although there are around 45,000 "complex" cases still being looked at. take a listen. it is about disrupting supply c...

The backlog is false. the figures are nearly 100,000 cases and they haven't even fully cleared the bit of the backlog they were targeting. with the number of small boats arriving down by more than a third last year compared with 2022, and a much improved processing rate for asylum cases, the government is claiming progress on immigration control but its critics argue the figures have been massaged and are far from a pledge delivered, the statistics show a promise broken. mark easton, bbc news. let's get more analysis of those figures. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman is with me ...

Originally, they asked for 35% to compensate for past inflation. in scotland, union members accepted a 12.a% offer from the scottish government. in northern ireland, junior doctors are being balloted on strike action. and in wales, as we've heard, there is a strike planned. ministers have said they won't talk to the bma while strikes are planned in england, but the door is otherwise open for negotiations. further talks seem possible, but whether they lead to a resolution of this bitter dispute is another matter. clive. hugh, many thanks. hugh pym. the home secretary says the government has "do...

Hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims despite figures showing thousands of �*complex' cases remain unresolved. hello and welcome to the programme. the home secretary says the government has "done what it promised" and dealt with a backlog of older asylum cases. james cleverly said "every single one" of the backlog applications had been processed although there are around 16,000 "complex" cases still being looked at. take a listen. it is about disrupting supply c...

Rishi Sunak claimed on Monday to have delivered on his pledge to clear a backlog of asylum claims, despite 4,500 cases still awaiting a decision.