Stephen Kinnock responds to watchdog rebuking Rishi Sunak over asylum data

Stephen Kinnock MP, Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister, responding to the UK Statistics Authority rebuking Rishi Sunak for using misleading asylum backlog data, said:

"Labour wrote to the UK Statistics Authority a year ago to complain about Rishi Sunak repeatedly lying about the asylum backlog, and he was warned not to do it again.

"Yet once again he has been caught red handed. The Prime Minister’s addiction to playing fast and loose with the facts is the behaviour of someone not fit for public office.

"He has not cleared the backlog - there are 100,000 people still awaiting a decision. He should adopt Labour's backlog clearance plan, and deliver the security partnership we need to stop the boats getting in the water in the first place."