Overview

• Representatives from the Government, the Conservatives, Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats will face questions in a televised discussion on migration.
• Reform UK will be represented by Zia Yusuf, and the Liberal Democrats plan to send home affairs spokesperson Lisa Smart.
• The programme will be filmed in Birmingham, hosted by Trevor Phillips before a live audience, with individual interviews followed by a panel exchange.
• The debate follows a summer of protests over small boats and the use of hotels, with arrivals up 36% year on year.
• Ministers have suspended the refugee family reunion route, plan a crackdown on international students claiming asylum, say returns to France are expected later this month, and are considering digital ID checks and moving people from hotels to industrial sites.