BBC Presenter Skewers Chris Philp As He Brutally Exposes Tory Asylum Hotel Hypocrisy

Charlie Stayt and Chris Philp on BBC Breakfast.BBC presenter Charlie Stayt skewered a top Tory over his party’s hypocrisy over asylum seekers being put up in hotels.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is encouraging local councils to take legal action against the Labour government to block the hotels in their areas.It comes after Epping Forest District Council won a landmark legal battle to prevent the local Bell Hotel from being used by the Home Office to house asylum seekers.Other councils, including two which are run by Labour, are now considering doing the same.In a letter to Tory councils, Badenoch said she would “back you to take similar action to protect your community”.On BBC Breakfast this morning shadow home secretary Chris Philp said councils were “sick and tired of these asylum hotels housing predominately young men” in their area.“They want them closing down and that is why, I think rightly, they are looking at legal action,” he said.But Stayt pointed out to Philp that his party were less keen on councils suing the government over the issue of asylum hotels when they were in power.“When the Conservatives were in power and there were asylum seekers housed in hotels, were you at that time encouraging local councils to take legal action against the government,” he asked him.Philp replied: “Well we didn’t need to because we were actually getting the numbers down.”But the presenter then told him: “Just to be clear on this, when the Conservatives were in power, I think the peak number of asylum seekers in hotels was over 50,000.“I’m just curious as to why then Conservative councils weren’t seeking to take legal action against the government, but you are now.”The Tory frontbencher said: “The reason is that after that peak was hit, the Conservative government nationally took action which halved that number. It went from 56,000 down to 29,000 at the time of the election. It went from 400 down to about 200 hotels.”Around 32,000 asylum seekers are currently being housed in some 210 hotels, meaning the numbers are broadly the same as they were when the Tories left office.Watch the pair’s exchange below:'When the Conservatives were in power and there were asylum seekers housed in hotels were you at that time encouraging local councils to take legal action?'Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp was questioned on #BBCBreakfast after Kemi Badenoch encouraged Tory-controlled councils… pic.twitter.com/MiiH68L6rI— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) August 21, 2025Related...Why Ministers Could Be Placed In An Impossible Legal Situation By Asylum Hotel RulingA High Court Ruling Has Thrown The Government's Asylum Policy Into Chaos. Here's HowLabour To Scrap Asylum Seeker Hotels By 2029, Rachel Reeves Announces

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