the big man nigel farage tonight on farage coming up on tonight's show, our home office minister angela eagle today confirmed in the house of commons that a major statistical publication will drop at the end of this week of illegal migrant related crime. but why have these numbers been withheld until now.7 i'll numbers been withheld until now? i'll be joined in the studio by reform uk's rupert lowe, who spoke up on the issue in parliament earlier today to discuss this thorny topic. and it's been a bad start to the week for sir keir starmer, as the viral petition demanding a general election has now surpassed over 2.3 million. after just a few days, was only launched, in fact on wednesday. after just a few days, was only but will the online rage have any real world impact whatsoever? and the prime minister dismissed any calls for a general election earlier on today. but he didn't himself push for vehemently for a second brexit referendum. yes he did. sir keir starmer wanted a second roll of the dice when the election result didn't suit him, and also donald trump is sensationally set to remove

we start with this the asylum minister, angela eagle, confirmed today in the house of commons that a bombshell statistics concerning illegal migration are set to be released by the end of this week at the rupert lowe mp of reform uk, raised the matter in parliament dunng raised the matter in parliament during today's home office questions. let's take a listen. >> i've been told by her department, in response to a written question, that the number of crimes committed by illegal migrants is not available through published statistics . i'm sure that the statistics. i'm sure that the home office does hold the data . home office does hold the data. so would the minister today commit to publishing that information in full? >> there's a huge statistical drop of immigration related national statistics coming at the end of this week ago. >> now, that is a morsel to dangle. however, questions will remain as to why these figures have taken this long to be published, leading to a wider discussion over over government transparency or the lack of it, particularly regarding who is coming in and out

yesterday we heard this reply from home office minister dame angela eagle on the question of migrantrime data. >> i've been told by her department in response to a written question, that the number of crimes committed by illegal migrants is not available through published statistics. i am sure that the home office does hold the data. so would the minister today commit to publishing that information in full.7 >> there's a huge statistical drop of immigration related national statistics coming at the end of this week. >> so this thursday will be an important day. we can expect legal migration to be down, mainly because of policies put in place by the previous conservative government. but illegal migration, or as the new labour government likes to call it, irregular migration to be up. you may remember that laboun up. you may remember that labour, appearing to possess magical powers, promised to aboush magical powers, promised to abolish the migrant hotel regime, and yet it now confesses to have opened more hotels than it has closed. speaking in the commons yesterday, yvette cooper blam