Sir Keir Starmer’s promise to shut down asylum hotels is already under fire, just as another wave of migrants landed on British shores. David Bolt, the independent chief inspector of borders, didn’t hold back when addressing MPs at the Home Affairs Select Committee. When asked by Shadow Environment Minister Robbie Moore about Labour’s strategy, Bolt admitted he had little confidence in the plan.
“I’m not entirely clear what its strategy is,” he told MPs. “If it has one, it hasn’t articulated it in a way that I know what it stands for.” He warned that without a clear direction, Labour’s approach to asylum accommodation would suffer. The Government has shifted its focus from large asylum sites to smaller ones, but even that left Bolt questioning what the plan actually entails. “I’m not entirely sure exactly what that means,” he admitted, reported GB News.
