Posted in News How Starmer opened the floodgates on asylum claims: Record 111,000 in Labour’s first year in power despite PM’s pledge to ‘smash the gangs’ August 21, 2025 Official government data shows 111,084 people claimed asylum in the year to June, up 14 per cent on the previous 12 months. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15020521/Record-111-000-asylum-claims-year-Labour-government-Home-Office-reveals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490