THE Shadow Business Secretary has called for heads to roll after a report by MPs found that the Home Office has wasted billions on contracts to house migrants in hotels.

Andrew Griffith told GB News: “It’s a disgusting waste of money if people haven’t been even collecting over-payments, that’s maladministration. Heads should roll. Permanent Secretary heads should roll.

“It’s completely unacceptable. There’ve been plenty of reports that say the Home Office is not fit for purpose. This is yet another example. This is nothing new.”

Asked about former Home Secretary John Reed branding the department not fit for purpose, Griffith added: “Well, John Reed was one of very many Labour politicians who opposed us when we tried to introduce the Rwanda deterrence, something that’s worked extremely effectively in other countries, even the government is now coming back to the idea that the only successful way of stopping the flow is to have third country processing.

“He also opposed us and many Labour lords and peers and bishops when we tried to leave the ECHR again. The only way that you could adequately deal with this issue, without which we’ll only ever be working downstream, playing whack a mole with expensive accommodation is to actually nip this problem at source, which the Conservatives tried, yes, we didn’t manage to achieve that in government, our policy now is very clear.

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“The deportation Bill leaving the ECHR those are policies that we will implement. But right here and right now, the select committee has done a really good piece of work, and absolutely people must be held to account wherever they are, for their role in wasting taxpayers’ money.”

On the government ordering extra checks on prisoner releases, he said: “Let’s see what the checks need to do. But I’m supportive of the Prime Minister sacking David Lammy, rather than as he did in the last reshuffle, promoting him.

“Everywhere he goes turns to chaos, whether it’s giving away our sovereign territory when he was Foreign Secretary, or letting prisoners out convicted criminals out of jail when he’s justice minister.

“There’s nothing that this man is doing for our country and heads must roll at the most senior level.”