Pressure grows on the home secretary?

Suella Braverman was under increasing fire this week for her personal conduct with government information and the crisis in handling asylum seekers

An episode of the Political Fix podcast, hosted by Financial Times, titled "Pressure grows on the home secretary?" was published on November 5, 2022 and runs 35 minutes.

November 5, 2022 ·35m · Political Fix

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Summary

We ask whether the home secretary Suella Braverman can survive in her post with attacks on multiple fronts. Does she have a plan for dealing with backlogged asylum claims? Can she be trusted with national security? And does she have the confidence of prime minister Rishi Sunak?Plus, the curious and hilarious case of Matt Hancock, the former health secretary who has decided to make good use of his constituents' time by going on the reality show 'I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'Is it ever a good idea for politicians to diddle off from Westminster when parliament is sitting?Presented by Sebastian Payne with chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley, political correspondent Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe, chief political correspondent Jim Pickard and deputy opinion editor Miranda Green.Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Persis Love, Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth.-Read the latest on https://www.ft.com/world/uk-Follow @SebastianEPayne-Subscribe to https://www.ft.com/newslettersAudio: Sky News / BBC / ITVRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

We ask whether the home secretary Suella Braverman can survive in her post with attacks on multiple fronts.

Does she have a plan for dealing with backlogged asylum claims? Can she be trusted with national security? And does she have the confidence of prime minister Rishi Sunak?

Plus, the curious and hilarious case of Matt Hancock, the former health secretary who has decided to make good use of his constituents' time by going on the reality show 'I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'

Is it ever a good idea for politicians to diddle off from Westminster when parliament is sitting?

Presented by Sebastian Payne with chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley, political correspondent Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe, chief political correspondent Jim Pickard and deputy opinion editor Miranda Green.

Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Persis Love, Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth.

-Read the latest on https://www.ft.com/world/uk

-Follow @SebastianEPayne

-Subscribe to https://www.ft.com/newsletters

Audio: Sky News / BBC / ITV

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.