In poignant remarks at the start of today’s cabinet meeting, Sunak said the “whole of government” would need to work together to tackle the backlog of asylum applications and tackle the small boat crisis. The prime minister’s official spokesman also refused to agree with Suella Braverman’s controversial comments, claiming he had “not asked” for Sunak’s view. “The Home Secretary was trying to express the sheer scale of the challenge facing the country, with people, including a significant proportion of economic migrants, seeking to make this journey,” he said. I am pressed for how Sunak would describe
