The reformed asylum system will be a “fair system” despite concerns from senior Labour figures over the changes, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.

A raft of measures were set out on Monday to overhaul the asylum system, aimed at deterring illegal migration to the UK and making it easier to deport people.

The plans faced criticism from a number of Labour backbenchers which they said echoed the rhetoric of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and would leave refugees in “a permanent sense of limbo”.

The proposed changes include making refugee status temporary, subject to reviews every 30 months, and sending refugees home if their country is deemed safe.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting told LBC on Wednesday he was not “comfortable” with a policy of deporting families with child

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