Seven in ten Britons say Prime Minister Keir Starmer is handling migration poorly, a new survey commissioned by the "Times" newspaper shows, BNR reported.
After a summer of protests against the policy of housing asylum seekers in hotels, the public is losing faith in the government's ability to deal with the small boat crisis, the newspaper says. Keir Starmer is facing calls from senior Labour Party officials and ministers to take a more radical approach to the crisis amid growing public concern about the way the government is handling the problem.
A "YouGov" poll for the "Times" found that 71% of voters think the Prime Minister is handling the asylum hotel problem poorly, including 56% of his Labour Party voters.
The Prime Minister is under pressure after the High Court issued an order that will force the Home Office to move 138 asylum-seeking men from a hotel in Epping where they are being held within days. Dozens of other local authorities have threatened similar legal action to ban the hotels, but the Home Office has warned that this risks undermining the government's entire migration policy.
In a bid to address concerns, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday outlined plans to reform the asylum appeals system to deport unsuccessful asylum seekers faster.