BBCNEWS Verified Live June 4, 2024 16:19:00
Ofjune 2022. now, the home secretary said this morning they had all been processed, so the government had fulfilled this promise. but it's complicated, and we think the government is going too far in claiming that the backlog of older cases has gone completely. have a look at this. this is the number of cases submitted before the 28th ofjune 2022. when rishi sunak made the pledge in december, you can see there were around 92,000 still to be processed. there's no doubt that the government has brought this down quite significantly. there are big falls, particularly towards the end of the year. b...