The Government's exposed secret asylum scheme for thousands of Afghans has sparked a fiery row on GB News, questioning the "priorities" of Labour.

Reform UK Councillor Jaymey McIvor clashed with commentator Jonathan Lis after criticising the lack of support for "homeless British veterans".

An £850million scheme for Afghans was set up after a personal data leak on who supported British forces, exposing the data of almost 19,000 people.

As a result of the breach, more than 6,000 Afghans are to be relocated to the UK. Defence Secretary John Healey issued a "sincere apology" following the breach.

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Discussing the scheme on GB News, McIvor fumed: "It really aggravates me, all this 'protect, protect, protect these people that help the British armed forces', what about homeless British veterans that don't get to get lovely housing, that don't get loads of support?"

Lis furiously interjected, asking McIvor: "Why can't they be helped as well? Do you think those people shouldn't have had any kind of assistance?"

Hitting back at Lis, McIvor explained: "I haven't seen any fantastic ideas on how we can help people I've just mentioned, homeless British veterans, some of whom are living in horrendous circumstances in hostels, yet we've got people that have helped interpret and helped our British soldiers.

"That service should be honoured, I agree, but where is the British Government's priorities? It's never with the British people, it's always just other people."

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John Healey issued a 'sincere apology' following the breach

Highlighting the danger of the Afghans to the Taliban following the breach, Lis told GB News: "If one of those people had been killed by the Taliban in a revenge attack, the headlines would have been even worse of the Government."

Weighing in on the debate, host Patrick Christys questioned why the scheme was "covered up": "Loads of people watching this might think, well, what's the point? How can we trust any of these people?

"We were paying them to work for us, they were just doing a job, they might not have been that supportive of the Brits.

"So maybe you think we shouldn't have offered these people anything, but it is a natural, logical argument to say if they helped us, we should bring them over, why cover it up? What are they afraid of?

"If the Government is capable of lying about the largest evacuation in modern history, what else are they lying to us about?"

Commentator Esther Krakue responded: "I actually don't think the average British person is thinking these people risked their lives to help the British Government in an invasion that many people would disagree with, and therefore we should just leave them out to dry.

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"I think if you made the case that they've been vetted thoroughly, they helped the British armed forces for years, and they're coming here with their families because they face a significant risk, which was heightened by a stupid email that was sent by a soldier, I think most people would be like, fine. It's the cover up that is the issue."

Criticising the Government further, she concluded: "And it's the fact that they know what they're doing is going to anger the British public. And then this is what it boils down to.

"Why do we have our politicians saying, oh, you can't vote for this party, you can't vote for them, because they're all incompetents. There is no faith, and there should be no faith in the British political system right now, because all the major parties are failing us."