PRITI PATEL has been sitting on an urgent inspector’s report on small boat crossings since February, it was revealed today.

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) David Neal told MPs that he submitted the report to the Home Secretary on February 28.

The inspectorate committed to carrying out the report outside of the inspection programme in response to “intelligence and stakeholders’ concerns,” he said during his first appearance on the home affairs select committee.