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- Shabana Mahmood, MP for Birmingham Ladywood (Labour), proposes an overhaul of the UK asylum system, which the National Audit Office (NAO) warns could raise homelessness and backlogs.
- The NAO notes over half of asylum seekers from three years ago remain awaiting decisions.
- It criticizes the government's lack of asylum data and urges action to clear bottlenecks.
- NAO calls for a strategic plan by 2026 to improve data quality and decision-making.
