Andy Burnham's record at stopping the boats worse than Sir Keir Starmer's, figures show, with larger proportion of Channel migrants successfully reaching Britain

Andy Burnham’s record at stopping the boats is worse than Sir Keir Starmer’s, figures show. Analysis of Channel crossings data found a larger proportion of migrants are successfully reaching Britain under Mr Burnham’s administration, raising fresh questions about whether the crisis is a priority for him. It comes after a staggering 1,739 migrants – or one every six minutes on average – reached the UK during the first week of October. The Mail analysis of Home Office data found that during Mr Burnham’s first ten weeks in Downing Street, 6,666 migrants successfully crossed the Channel in small boats. This was...