WATCH: Chris Philp blasts Home Secretary for 'running centres for illegal working' in heated rant

Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 25/06/2025

- 17:32

Chris Philp discovered evidence of asylum seekers working as food delivery couriers at a taxpayer-funded hotel in central London

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has accused the Government of running "centres for illegal working" after discovering evidence of asylum seekers working as food delivery couriers at a taxpayer-funded hotel in central London.

Speaking to GB News, Philp said he found "a compound full of bikes with Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats bags" during his visit last Friday, which he documented on social media.

The Shadow Home Secretary said: "The Home Secretary is effectively running these hotels, spending billions of pounds a year of taxpayer money to accommodate 32,000 illegal immigrants in hotels, and another 60,000 in private flats.

"That’s costing about £4 billion a year. She’s running centres for illegal working. That’s got to be shut down immediately."

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