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Keir Starmer slammed after saying 'there's lots of housing' for asylum seekers

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A previous version of this article referred to asylum seekers as 'illegal migrants'. Although many asylum seekers enter the UK illegally, we accept that it is incorrect to refer to asylum seekers as 'illegal' at the stage they are granted asylum. The article has been amended accordingly.

Sir Keir Starmer's claim that there is "lots of housing" available for asylum seekers in Britain has been slammed as "madness" by critics. The Prime Minister was asked for his response to local councils struggling to allocate housing to homeless people while competing with the Home Office's search for asylum seeker accommodation. Replying to the concerns raised by the Liaison Committee, made up of senior MPs who chair various Commons select committees, Sir Keir said: "I know, which is why I am so furious at the last Government for leaving tens of thousands of asylum seekers unprocessed, with nowhere to live other than accommodation paid by the taxpayer."

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"There is lots of housing and many local authorities that can be used, and we're identifying where it can be used," he added. When pressed for specific examples, the PM said he would write to the committee with details. Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick reacted with disbelief to the comments, writing on X: "There are 1.3 million people on social housing waiting lists in England alone.

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"But Keir Starmer believes there's 'lots of housing' spare we should be giving to illegal migrants. That's madness," Jenrick told his followers. "What is he going on about?"

Dame Meg Hillier, Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch and chair of the Treasury Committee, also questioned Sir Keir's logic.

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"We are changing the law in the Border Security Bill to ensure individuals convicted of any registered sexual offence are not granted asylum," she told the Commons.

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