Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he would not back the Government’s plans for an immigration processing centre in North Yorkshire.
Asked by reporters about plans for the processing centre at a former RAF base near Linton-on-Ouse, Sir Keir said: “The Government is in complete chaos on this.
“To call it a plan is too grand: they don’t know what they are doing, they haven’t thought it through and they haven’t even had the decency to consult local people about it, which tells you just about everything you need to know about the state of chaos they are in.”
Pressed by reporters about whether he supported the plan, the Labour leader said: “No, I think local people should be listened to on this. If the Government had any decency they would have spoken to and consulted local people in the first place.
“This is not really a plan, it is a chaotic, behind-the-curve mess yet again from the Government, which is characteristic of pretty well everything they do.”
Sir Keir was speaking on a visit to West Yorkshire on the last day of campaigning before voting takes place in the local elections.
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