Shabana Mahmood set to make sweeping reforms to asylum system – UK politics live

8.55am GMT Mahmood is asked about whether the prime minister and should consider his position. She says she “has no time” for tittle tattle and says every minister has an important job to do. “We should be focused on delivering for the British people,” she says. “I have no time for things people say either privately or anonymously. “If people have things to say, they should have the courage of their convictions to say so publicly.” 8.51am GMT The home secretary says the government will create more “safe routes” for people to seek asylum in the UK as a way of stopping small boats. Asked about her own heritage, Mahmood says her parents came to Britain legally in the late 1960s and that is is “a moral mission” for her. “This is a broken system,” she says. “I’m not willing to stand back and watch my country be divided.” Trevor Phillips asks Mahmood about the upcoming budget but Mahmood says she will not speculate on what the chancellor will do. 8.46am GMT Mahmood says she will announce tomorrow what the government will do to deal with Article 8 of the ECHR in relation to people’s right to a family life. She is asked whether she will make it “really uncomfortable” for asylum seekers to be in the UK and if she aims to create a “hostile environment”. “I’m sending a clear signal to people: do not get on a boat,” she says. “We want to disincentivise the behaviour that is drawing people dangerously across the channel.” 8.42am GMT The government is going to make refugee status temporary up for review every two-and-a-half years, Mahmood tells Sky News. “That is changing the way that we look at refugee status,” she says. She says one of the draws to the UK for people is the family reunification rights, which was halted by her predecessor. “Firstly, we are clamping down on illegal working in this country and have announced new checks with digital ID,” she says. 8.39am GMT Home secretary Shabana Mahmood is speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News this morning and has said that she has had “good conversations” with French interior ministers over plans to tackle to small boats crisis. Mahmood says her proposals “will change the calculus” of people getting on to small boats. She says the ‘one in, one out’ policy is showing organised people smugglers that it is “not worth your time”. “We have already prevented 20,000 channel crossings,” she says. “We need to reduce those pull factors … illegal migration is causing huge divides in this country”. 8.30am GMT Government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’ Good morning and welcome to the UK politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines this morning. We start with news that Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce changes to Britain’s asylum system on Monday in an attempt to quell rising fears about immigration. The home secretary plans to amend laws that guarantee housing and financial support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. The government said assistance will become “discretionary”, meaning it will be able to deny help to those who can work or have assets. Mahmood has pitched the package of proposals as “the most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration in modern times”, designed to “restore control and fairness to the system”. She added: “This country has a proud tradition of welcoming those fleeing danger, but our generosity is drawing illegal migrants across the Channel. The pace and scale of migration is placing immense pressure on communities.” However, the majority of asylum seekers currently receiving support are unlikely to be affected. Government sources said rules that mean most asylum seekers are not allowed to have jobs will not change. There are about 100,000 people in receipt of asylum support in the UK, the vast majority of whom are accommodated by the state. About a third remain in hotels, although Labour has pledged to end this practice by 2029. About 8,500 people in asylum accommodation have the right to work because they entered the country on a visa and later claimed asylum. Mahmood is doing the Sunday morning media round, so expect lines from that shortly. However, in the meantime, here is our full story: Related: UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’