KEIR Starmer has been condemned over a new policy which will see the Home Office share information about asylum hotel locations with food delivery firms.
A new agreement with Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats will see information about high-risk areas shared to tackle suspected hotspots of illegal working.
Asylum seekers in the UK are normally barred from work while their claim is being processed, a policy that a majority of Scots reject according to a recent poll.
Now, Scottish parties including the SNP and the Scottish Greens have hit out at the move.
[[Scottish Greens]] co-leader Patrick Harvie said that Keir Starmer is pandering to the far-right.
“Time and again, Keir Starmer chooses to fuel the grievances of the far right rather than begin the difficult task of fixing a country run down by 15 years of Tory and Labour austerity,” he told The National.
“Immigrants aren’t the reason the NHS is struggling, the retirement age is increasing, or children are living in poverty. These are political choices made in Downing Street where the Prime Minister and his predecessors have been happy to watch the rich get richer at our expense.”
Harvie (above) added: “If Starmer wants to start repairing the damage he can begin by properly taxing the rich, and making use of the resources they’re hoarding to invest in the essential infrastructure we all rely on."
The SNP, meanwhile, also hit out at the move from the Labour Government, who have taken increasingly harsh measures against asylum seekers since coming to power in July last year to combat the rise of Reform UK.
"Under the Labour Party, the UK economy is in crisis, the cost of living is soaring, unemployment is rising, child poverty is at record levels – Britain is broken but this Labour Prime Minister thinks the priority is going after asylum seekers and takeaways,” a party spokesperson told The National.
"Once again this shows how ridiculous and rudderless Westminster is – with [[Keir Starmer]]'s agenda totally dictated and directed by the fear of Farage rather than focusing on the actual priorities and lives of Scottish families."
