Keir Starmer admitted he would not want to live next to an asylum hotel today as he insisted he wants to speed up closures.
The PM stressed he wanted the facilities to shut in an 'orderly' way but acknowledged that the 2029 target for getting rid of them needs to be brought forward.
Challenged during a BBC Radio 5 Live interview how he would feel if his daughter was having to walk past an asylum hotel every day, Sir Keir said: 'I completely get it. Local people by and large do not want these hotels in their towns, in their place - and nor do I.'
However, Sir Keir pleaded with Brits not to believe Nigel Farage's 'fanciful' solutions to the problems.
The comments came as Yvette Cooper prepares to face MPs following a torrid summer dominated by protests over Channel boats and immigration.
