10 SHOCKING new stats: what the Labour government doesn't want you to know

My breakdown of some brand new information

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Just a brief note today to keep our most committed readers ahead of the curve with ten shocking new statistics, quietly released by the UK Home Office this morning.

I’m aware that many writers, policy wonks, thinkers, campaigners, and party activists read this newsletter and so the following will, I hope, be of use to your own work.

If you want to know why things in the UK feel very febrile and out-of-control right now then what I’m about to show you helps explain why this is.

It also gives you information in a world where the ruling class is now fully invested in accusing citizens of “misinformation” while withholding information from them.

So, here’s a short briefing I’ve put together on what you really need to know and what, to be frank, the Labour government is downplaying or simply not telling you

1. The number of people applying for asylum reached 111,000 in the year ending June 2025. This is the highest figure since records began and reflects how today’s crisis is worse even than what unfolded during the second Blair government.

2. There are now 32,100 asylum seekers housed in hotels at the end of June 2025 —up from 29,600 a year earlier. Labour is not reducing the use of hotels —the number is up 8% on the period before Labour took power

3. The government spent £4.76 billion managing the asylum crisis last year, in the year ending June 2025. This is the equivalent of hiring 86,500 police officers or 16 million winter fuel payments for British pensioners at the upper rate

And here are another seven astonishing statistics you need to know …

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