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Reform pledges to suspend UK's asylum system for up to five years

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All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.

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Both BBC News and Channel 4 News frame the story around Reform UK’s pledge to suspend the asylum system for up to five years. Channel 4’s headline stays with the broad promise, while the BBC extract is the only one to spell out the proposed consequences for applications and claimants.

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