Guido revealed this morning that Wandsworth Borough Council is now offering 50% off e-bike rentals to asylum seekers. They’re not the only council offering asylum seekers freebies…
Labour-run Lambeth Council is also dishing out perks. Their own website bluntly states they “do not offer financial help for school uniforms”. Unless, of course, you’re an asylum seeker. Since 2023, the council has handed out £100 per child to asylum-seeking families for school uniforms and supplies. Tough luck for other struggling families…
Lambeth also covers the £15-£20 cost of an Oyster Photocard – but only for asylum seekers. William Yarwood of the TaxPayers’ Alliance – who spotted the freebie – told Guido:
“It’s completely unsustainable for so many arms of the state to be giving priority to asylum seekers over British citizens. We increasingly have two-tier services across the board.”
Guido will be exposing more councils offering asylum seekers free stuff in the Asylum Freebiegate files…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”