Keir Starmer has been warned by his own MPs and party grandees that Labour risks losing the next election unless he does more to tackle illegal migration.
The Prime Minister was urged by his own side to take more radical action, including suspending human rights protections and copying Denmark’s hardline ‘zero refugee’ approach amid growing public concern over his Government’s handling of the crisis.
As he travelled to Europe for a holiday with his family, a YouGov poll found that 71 per cent of voters – including 56 per cent of Labour supporters – believe he is dealing with the issue of asylum hotels badly.
Almost four in ten (37 per cent) said immigration and asylum is the most important issue facing the country but fewer than one in ten (9 per cent) said Labour was the best party to tackle it.
Even 16 per cent of those who voted for Sir Keir’s party at the last election thought Reform UK would do a better job at securing the borders.
