Number of people crossing Channel on small boats since Labour took office likely to pass 50,000 as Keir Starmer comes under pressure – UK politics live

Prime minister announced ‘one in, one out’ returns deal with France last month but faces attacks from Reform UK and Conservatives over migration

As we mentioned in the opening post, Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader, suggested on a walkabout in Essex yesterday that “camps” should be set up for asylum seekers while their applications to remain in the UK are assessed.

Badenoch, who met anti-migrant protesters and local people in Epping high street on Monday, did not say how this would work in practice.

Kemi went down to Epping. She met the families, the community, people who are affected by these people, who daren’t send their kids down the park or let them play in the street.

Women who were worried about going home late at night in the dark, people who are really affected by these huge groups of lone men hanging around town centres in public spaces. She’s also seen the impact on businesses.