{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/691b2afbff0e84c530359198?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘Repugnant’ or necessary? The new asylum rules","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1763388065005-e2d10fad-ae28-4c0c-b54d-b1ca52ce3d86.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Home secretary Shabana Mahmood announced sweeping changes to the asylum rules yesterday; the largest overhaul since the Second World War. The changes have apparently been inspired by Denmark but will they work or are they - as one Labour MP said - ‘repugnant’?</p><p><br></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today:</em><a href=\"http://thetimes.co.uk/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guests:&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Ben Clathworthy, Whitehall editor, The Times.</li><li>Fraser Nelson, columnist, The Times.</li></ul><p><strong>Host:</strong> Manveen Rana.</p><p><strong>Producers: </strong>Olivia Case, Micaela Arneson, Harry Stott.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Read more: </strong><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/shabana-mahmood-speech-live-asylum-seeker-reform-latest-news-5gjw99bl7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shabana Mahmood speech: Asylum policy to cope with ‘volatile’ world</a></p><p><strong>Further listening: </strong><a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/34634d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Doomed to fail? Labour’s asylum u-turn</a></p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>Sky, Times Radio, parliamentlive.tv.</p><p><strong>Photo: </strong>Andrew Fox for The Sunday Times.</p><p><strong>Get in touch: </strong>thestory@thetimes.com&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Times"}