Latest Home Office figures confirm that more small boat migrants have crossed the Channel under Starmer than any other Prime Minister. Since Labour came to power, 65,922 migrants have landed in the UK…
That beats the previous record of 65,811 under Boris Johnson. On average, 790 migrants have crossed the Channel every week since Starmer took office. Meanwhile, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood can’t guarantee the numbers will fall next year. Labour ministers might not be able to say how many gangs they’ve ‘smashed’, though at least they can say which records they’ve set…
Andy Haldane, Burnham’s recent adviser on the economy who has not taken up a No10 job, told Andrew Marr on LBC:
“The market now suspects that this is a traditional tax-and-spend socialist government with better TikTok videos…
imposing windfall taxes on oil & gas or on banks or upping capital gains tax would […] repeat the mistake that Rachel made […] The Achilles heel, the fiscal Achilles heel of this government thus far has been its unwillingness and/or inability to cut public spending.”