Keir Starmer’s Full List of Towns Where Taxpayers Could Be Forced to Pay Rent for Channel Migrants, Check If Your Area Is Affected!

A full list has been shared showing the towns and cities across England where local taxpayers might soon be paying rent for migrants who crossed the Channel to get to the UK.

The list shows where Serco, a private company hired by the Home Office, is currently operating. Serco is one of three companies working with the government to find housing for asylum seekers. On their website, Serco says they are working with 120 local councils across the country to place migrants in homes.

This news came out just a few hours after it was revealed that Serco is offering landlords a five-year deal. Under this deal, Serco promises to pay the landlords full rent, even if the tenants cannot pay. However, this rent money would come from taxpayers’ pockets.

The towns and cities involved are divided into three big areas: the North West, the Midlands, and the East of England.

Serco has also said they are still trying to expand by working with even more councils. But at the same time, they have admitted that in the North West, they have stopped looking for new landlords or properties for now.

The big question for many people is: Is your town affected? Below is the list so you can check.

Towns and Cities in the East of England:

In the East of England, the towns and cities where taxpayers could be paying the rent include:

• Babergh and Mid Suffolk
• Breckland
• Broadland and South Norfolk
• Cambridge
• East Cambridgeshire
• East Suffolk
• Fenland
• Great Yarmouth
• Ipswich
• King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
• Mid Suffolk
• North Norfolk
• Norwich
• Peterborough
• South Cambridgeshire (Cambourne, Sawston)
• South Norfolk
• West Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Brandon, Haverhill, Mildenhall)

This effort to find housing follows a record number of migrants arriving by small boats earlier this month.

Towns and Cities in the Midlands:

In the Midlands, the list includes bigger cities like Birmingham and Leicester, as well as smaller towns such as:

• Amber Valley
• Ashfield
• Bassetlaw
• Birmingham
• Blaby
• Bolsover
• Boston
• Bromsgrove and Redditch
• Broxtowe
• Cannock Chase
• Charnwood
• Chesterfield
• Derby
• Derbyshire Dales
• Dudley
• East Lindsey
• East Staffordshire (Burton-upon-Trent, Uttoxeter)
• Erewash (Derbyshire)
• Gedling
• Harborough
• Herefordshire County
• High Peak
• Hinckley & Bosworth
• Huntingdonshire
• Leicester
• Lincoln
• Lichfield
• Malvern Hills
• Mansfield
• Melton
• Newark and Sherwood
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• North East Derbyshire
• North Kesteven (Lincolnshire)
• North Northamptonshire (Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough)
• North Warwickshire
• North West Leicestershire (Coalville)
• Nottingham
• Nuneaton and Bedworth
• Oadby and Wigston
• Rugby
• Rushcliffe
• Rutland
• Sandwell
• Shropshire
• Solihull
• South Derbyshire (Swadlincote)
• South Holland
• South Kesteven (Lincolnshire)
• South Staffordshire
• Stafford
• Staffordshire Moorlands
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Stratford-on-Avon
• Tamworth
• Telford and Wrekin
• Walsall
• Warwick (Leamington Spa, Kenilworth)
• West Lindsey
• West Northamptonshire (Northampton & Daventry)
• Wolverhampton
• Worcester
• Wychavon
• Wyre Forest

Towns and Cities in the North West:

In the North West, the towns and cities where housing plans are happening include:

• Allerdale
• Barrow-in-Furness
• Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackpool
• Bolton
• Burnley
• Bury
• Carlisle
• Cheshire East
• Cheshire West and Chester
• Chorley
• Copeland
• Eden (Penrith)
• Fylde
• Halton
• Hyndburn
• Knowsley
• Lancaster
• Liverpool
• Manchester
• Oldham
• Pendle
• Preston
• Ribble Valley
• Rochdale
• Rossendale
• Salford
• Sefton
• South Lakeland
• South Ribble
• Stockport
• St Helens
• Tameside
• Trafford
• Warrington
• West Lancashire
• Wigan
• Wirral
• Wyre

At the moment, private companies like Serco are responsible for providing homes for around 65,700 asylum seekers across the UK. This is the highest number in 10 years.

Meanwhile, there is already a big struggle for housing. Around 1.3 million people are waiting for social housing across the country, and it’s getting harder to find affordable private rentals because demand is so high.

Some local council leaders are unhappy. One council leader told LBC Radio that Serco is encouraging landlords to take advantage of taxpayers. They said that when rents go up and local services are stretched, councils get blamed — even though it’s the housing deals causing the problems. The leader also warned that this whole situation could harm both local communities and the migrants who are moved there.

In response, a spokesperson from the Home Office said that the government is working harder with France and other countries to stop the criminal gangs that organize illegal crossings. They also said tougher new laws are being brought in to deal with the issue.