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Story summary
- The National Audit Office (NAO) reports that more than half of 5,000 January 2023 asylum claims remain unresolved as of September 2025.
- The NAO attributes delays to a shortage of judges and insufficient legal aid, causing uncertainty and homelessness.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's Denmark-inspired reforms aim to overhaul the system but may create backlogs.
- The government spent about £4.9 billion on asylum in 2024-25.
