Press & Articles - Stephen Kinnock - Labour MP for Aberavon

Asylum Backlog Hits Record High

The UK’s asylum backlog has reached a new record high and taxpayer spending on asylum has almost doubled in a year, the latest Home Office figures show. A total of 175,457 asylum seekers were waiting for an initial decision on their application for refuge in the UK, up 44% from…

Labour’s Plan to End Small Boat Crossings

Tomorrow morning the latest asylum figures will be published. This week Sunak rowed back on his pledge to stop the boats. On Channel 4 I set out Labour’s plan to tackle the dangerous crossings, end expensive hotel use & clear the enormous backlog that has grown 9-fold under the Tories

Labour’s Plan for Dangerous Channel Crossings

Tory failure has been a gift to criminal gangs and left British tax payers footing a £6m per day hotel bill. We need a new approach. The Prime Minister must back Labour’s plan to stop the dangerous crossings by targeting gangs, securing a returns deal with the EU, & clearing…

Tories Have Wasted £3million on the Bibby Stockholm

The damaging cost of Tory chaos in the asylum system… million of £s of taxpayers’ money spent on unworkable, undeliverable projects that lead to endless delays & dysfunction. This empty barge is a floating symbol of Tory incompetence. My comments in the Mirror: £3million wasted on empty Bibby Stockholm could…

The Tories Unworkable Rwanda Plan

I recently spoke to Channel 4 about the Tories’ unworkable Rwanda plan. Watch the full clip above.

Tory ‘Small Boats Week’ has been a Catalogue of Chaos

Tory ‘Small Boats Week’ has been a Catalogue of Chaos: – 1,100 asylum-seekers have crossed the Channel since Monday – 10,000 more in hotels since December – Drone crashed in the Channel – Bibby Stockholm evacuated due to legionella bacteria Ministers should hang their heads in shame.

Evictions of Afghan Refugees

The Tory UK Government has issued eviction notices to loyal-to-Britain Afghans, meaning hundreds of families could face homelessness. The Government’s Operation Warm Welcome has fast become Operation Cold Shoulder. Last week I wrote to the Immigration Minister with some important Questions, which you can see in my letter below. Read…

Transition to Green Steel

The UK is in a global race to produce Green Steel. The transition should be a partnership between Government, unions & employers. Decarbonisation mustn’t mean deindustrialisation. But the economic cost of doing nothing will be far greater. Yet the UK Government fails to grasp the scale of the challenge. Most…

Labour’s Immigration Plan

The illegal migration bill has now gained royal assent. Make no mistake, it is a con. The Labour Party is clear that the dangerous Channel crossings must stop and unsuitable asylum hotel use needs to end. But this new Tory legislation will achieve none of that. It is a reflection of…

Tories Cooking the Books on Asylum Figures

REVEALED: The Tories are cooking the books. They claim to be clearing 170,000 backlog, but are actually marking claims as ‘withdrawn’ – with these asylum seekers staying in UK indefinitely. Actual decisions are down 18%. Labour will fast-track ‘safe country’ decisions and removals. Channel migrant numbers top 15,000 as government cracks…

Commission for Carbon Competitiveness Report

Today, the Commission for Carbon Competitiveness is launching our new report. It’s time to address carbon leakage while empowering UK manufacturing. Our solution: a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism #CBAM alongside vital transitional arrangements. Let’s build a sustainable future together. Read our report here by clicking below: Commission for Carbon…

Transition to Green Steel

Tata Steel argues that producing lower-carbon (and eventually zero-carbon) steel could give British steelmaking a new lease of life. Carbon border adjustments – essentially adding the environmental costs of carbon pollution on to imported steel – could also level the playing field for UK producers versus rivals abroad that do…

Home Office Admits Asylum Plans in Doubt – BBC

The BBC covered the Home Office plans for asylum and some of my comments on them. The Home Office quote near the end of this piece is untrue. The Illegal Migration Bill (Bigger Backlog Bill) prevents the UK Government from returning small boat asylum seekers to their home country because…

The Cost of Asylum Hotels on Good Morning Britain

Labour’s plans to end the small boat crossings, end hotel use and fix the broken asylum system are fully costed and provides value for money. Since he became Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spent £1.5bn on emergency asylum hotels. That’s the difference.

Windfall Tax on Oil & Gas on Sky News

I recently spoke about the new windfall tax on oil & gas that the UK Government announced. I was clear that this windfall tax was only introduced due to pressure from the Labour party. There are still loopholes which allow certain companies to offset some of their windfall tax against…

Boris Johnson’s Honours List on Sky News

The honours list reads like a carousel of Boris Johnson’s cronies, including some very dubious names. It is astonishing that the Prime Minister has caved in yet again because of the warring factions in the Conservative Party.

Asylum Backlog & Small Boats on Channel 4

I spoke to Channel 4 about the ballooning asylum backlog and the fact the Tories have processed one per cent of the people that came on small boats last year. See the full clip above.

The Tories Are Killing Manufacturing

“For 13 years Conservative underinvestment has driven manufacturers out of Britain, with well-paid jobs in steel and other industries offshored to our overseas competitors. But the mask has slipped and only now are the Prime Minister and the Chancellor admitting that the Conservatives are ideologically and actively opposed to investing…

Labour Will End Unfair Foreign Worker Discounts

“We are crystal clear as to why employers are looking abroad for workers – because for 13 years the Conservatives have failed to train up Britain’s home-grown talent and failed to get millions of people off NHS waiting lists.” Read my full article for The Telegraph below: Labour would scrap…

Immigration Figures on Sky News

I today spoke on Sky News about immigration figures being at a record high. See my interview above.

Labour’s Immigration Policy on LBC Radio

I spoke to Nick Ferrari on LBC Radio about how the Conservatives have been chasing headlines and running government by gimmick for the last 13 years. I also outlined Labour’s plans for immigration and to tackle the small boats issue with common sense, diplomacy and hard graft. Listen to the…

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