Pressure grows on holidaying Keir Starmer over asylum hotels

More than seven in 10 voters think Sir Keir Starmer is failing to get a grip on asylum hotels as Labour comes under increasing pressure over the small boats crisis.

A YouGov poll found that 71 per per cent of voters believe the Prime Minister, who is on holiday in Europe this week, is handling the asylum hotel issue badly.

This included more than half (56 per cent) of Labour supporters, while 37 per cent of all voters said immigration and asylum was the most important issue facing the UK.

This compared with 25 per cent who said it was the economy and seven per cent who said it was the NHS.

Sir Keir was dealt a blow after the High Court last week granted an injunction to stop the Home Office from using the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, to house asylum seekers.