Afternoon Briefing Monday 2nd November

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0:19Welcome to The Times Radio afternoon briefing on Monday, the 2nd of November. Andy Burnham has declined to say whether he thinks immigration levels are too high. The Prime Minister has told ITV it depends on the economy. Meanwhile, Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce her final decision on the rules for legal immigration this afternoon after some pushback from her ministerial colleagues. It's thought the Home Secretary could water down her proposals. Our reporter in the Times newsroom, Olly Cole, explains the row around the Cabinet table. Shabana Mahmood's proposals would mean most migrants have to wait 10 years to apply for indefinite leave to remain, not five.

0:56And it would not be an automatic right either. There'd be variation. For some people, they could settle sooner if they meet certain conditions, like their level of English or their skills. There's expected to be a carve-out for care workers too. The Housing Secretary, Angela Rayner, has criticised the plans previously, and the Energy Secretary, Mieta Fambulla, repeatedly refused to say that she backs them. A review of young people not in employment, education or training will recommend a tough love approach. The Times understands that combined and local authorities, including those run by mayors, will be granted upfront funding from the Treasury to tackle youth unemployment in their areas.

1:33The Labour Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Scaith, has told Times Radio this will make a difference. Currently, we do get funding, but for skills, it's post-19. And what we've been pushing for for a long time as mayors, and now we have a previous mayor as a prime minister who's really lead this charge, is local mayors and local leaders have much more control responsibility of post-16 education and post-14 skills. What that means is we can work with people from a much younger age to help them on the right path to be able to get a really high-quality job, particularly in their local area.

2:05Russia and Ukraine both say their emergency warning apps were hacked overnight. The Russian system sent out warnings that the whole country was being targeted by nuclear drones, while Ukrainians got alerts for chemical weapons and street fighting. Jimmy Rushton, security analyst at the Kiev Independent, says it was quite a simple hack against the Ukrainian app. It was pretty clear that it was the Russians behind this, but it was relatively unsophisticated because all they did was they hacked this alert system and then they sent a bunch of different alerts, one for a chemical weapons attack, one for street fighting in Kiev and one for a nuclear radiation alarm.

2:41So most Ukrainians quickly figured out that these things weren't actually happening and that there was some malfeasance going on. The Times has learned that Navy chiefs are looking at plans to speed up the delivery of new warships. There's concern the current vessels are rotting and unseaworthy. Shipyard workers in Scotland could be asked to work double shifts to ramp up production of five Type 31 frigates. You can follow the Times Radio news briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

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