Pollster and academic Matthew Goodwin has called for the Home Secretary to "be real with the British people" about the scale of immigration.

Cooper outlined the latest on Labour's pledged crackdown in Parliament, vowing to take "strong and clear steps to boost our border security", with a new Border Security Command.

Cooper told MPs: "Our new Border Security Command will work with European enforcement agencies to find every route in to smash the criminal smuggling gangs organising dangerous boat crossings which undermine our border security and put lives at risk.

"And by increasing enforcement capabilities and returns, we will establish a system that is better controlled and managed, in place of the chaos that has blighted the system for far too long."

Reacting to the move on GB News, Goodwin claimed that unless politicians were "honest with people", the country would see more riots.

Speaking to host Michelle Dewberry, Goodwin said: "If I could have one conversation with Yvette Cooper, here's what I would say - apart from ‘don't do interviews with your husband on mainstream television’.

"I would say, start to be real with the British people, because we know 14,000 removals is not going to come close to the problem facing this country. Start being honest with the British people about the scale of this problem."

Criticising Labour further, Goodwin continued: "Say you're about to give amnesty to 50 to 60,000 people in the country. Say we have no serious deterrent. Say that 14,000 isn't even scratching the surface.

"Just be honest with people, because I've watched this for 20 years, politician after politician lying and misleading - on the Conservative Party and in the Labour Party."

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Noting the recent riots in the UK, which were driven partly by the issue of migration across the country, Goodwin warned there would be "more rioting" if Labour does not crackdown on the growing numbers.

Goodwin told GB News: "Somebody in this country has to be real with the British people about immigration. They have to be honest. And have to say, look, this is what it's going to take to solve this issue. Because if they don't, we're going to have more of the protests, we're going to have more of the riots.

"What we have in this country now is a policy of mass immigration. Is an extreme policy of mass immigration because it doesn't reflect the interests of the British people, that is building us a low-wage, low-skill economy that is dependent on cheap migrant workers to keep big business happy.

"Also, by the way, to keep liberals in London happy, because they love this feeling of moral righteousness that comes with saying, I like immigration. I want more of it."

Goodwin also warned that the "working class" of Britain are going to be the most affected by mass immigration, not the elite.

He explained: "It's going to be people outside of London and university towns, it's going to be people in those towns that were rioting and protesting the last couple of weeks, because not only have they had mass immigration and their economies hollowed out, but they were then given the grooming scandal on top of that, and they were told that, actually, they were racist, if they raised any questions about it.

"I think that's bang out of order, I think people need to be treated with respect in this country, by their political leaders. The remarkable thing about Britain I bet nobody knew - it's not a criminal offence to hire illegal migrants. That’s one thing we could do right now.

"You can be fined for doing it but it is not technically a criminal offence currently. We're just a soft touch. I mean, the whole system is completely ridiculous."