Sir Keir Starmer has broken another promise after announcing 445 new places for asylum seekers at an ex-RAF base - despite previously pledging to close it down.
The number of illegal immigrants at MDP Wethersfield in Essex is set to balloon by more than 50 per cent, the Home Office informed the local community in a quiet update yesterday.
Currently, the site houses 800 asylum seekers meaning the total figure will now rise to 1,245.
At last year's General Election Sir Keir had said he would close the venue and stop housing asylum seekers on disused military sites.
The Home Office said: 'If called upon, the contingency bedspaces will only be utilised on a temporary basis until such time as the wider accommodation estate is able to manage demand, and the number accommodated at Wethersfield will be reduced back down to 800 bedspaces as soon as possible thereafter.'
