{"id":119262,"date":"2024-08-22T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/is-sir-keir-starmer-reaping-the-rewards-of-rishi-sunaks-small-boats-plan\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:17:02","slug":"is-sir-keir-starmer-reaping-the-rewards-of-rishi-sunaks-small-boats-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/is-sir-keir-starmer-reaping-the-rewards-of-rishi-sunaks-small-boats-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Sir Keir Starmer reaping the rewards of Rishi Sunak’s small boats plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Tory plan is working – at\u00a0least that’s the claim we can expect to hear from Conservative voices today after small boat crossings fell by 29%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Stop the boats”<\/a><\/strong> was one of the political hills former prime minister Rishi Sunak died on.<\/p>\n

It was a promise impossible to keep before a general election, and thus a stick inevitably used to beat him with.<\/p>\n

And the annual reduction of these crossings will do nothing to assuage Mr Sunak’s feelings of regret for having not called an autumn election instead.<\/p>\n

But what does this data tell us about the state of the UK asylum system?<\/p>\n

Politics live: Reaction as Home Office migration data released<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In freshly released numbers from the Home Office, we learn that 99% of those coming to the UK on small boats apply for asylum. However, 96% of those claims are still undecided.<\/p>\n

This is somewhere where Labour will try to attack the previous government.<\/p>\n

Labour have long criticised the ballooning asylum backlog<\/a><\/strong>, pledging to speed up the processing of claims in order to either remove people with no legal right to remain, or allow people to get on with their lives – to remain, work and contribute to society.<\/p>\n

But these figures nonetheless arguably point to Mr Sunak’s policies taking effect.<\/p>\n

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Enforced returns are up by 48%, 87% of which are Albanians forced to return due to a deal the Conservative government struck with the country<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And not only are small boat crossings down from last year, but so are work visas, student visas, and visas for dependents of students coming to the UK – something the last prime minister was very vocal about wanting to reduce.<\/p>\n

With a Bank of England interest rate cut, economic growth and a reduction in small boat crossings, Mr Sunak will lament the fact it appears Sir Keir Starmer is reaping the rewards of his hard work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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