Labour Must Speed up Plans to Shut All Asylum Hotels, Says Red Wall MP

Keir Starmer urged to close down asylum hotels sooner by own MPs as Rachel Reeves pledge blasted

Keir Starmer is under pressure from Labour's Red Wall to clear out asylum hotels "quicker" than promised.UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves vowed to close down the hotels, used by roughly 32,000 asylum seekers, by the end of the current Parliament in 2029.However, Labour MP for Bassetlaw, Jo White, said the caucus she leads of around 40 MPs wanted the hotels to be shut down far sooner than promised.It comes after 16 arrests were made last week over vio…

Labour must speed up plans to shut all asylum hotels, says red wall MP

Labour MP for Bassetlaw Jo White says there is a ‘huge sense of unfairness’ felt among her constituents about asylum seekers being put up in hotels at the cost of the taxpayer

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Government officials have defended the use of such hotels as necessary stopgap measures while longer-term solutions are developed.