Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has accused the Government of running "centres for illegal working" after discovering evidence of asylum seekers working as food delivery couriers at a taxpayer-funded hotel in central London.

Speaking to GB News, Philp said he found "a compound full of bikes with Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats bags" during his visit last Friday, which he documented on social media.

The Shadow Home Secretary said: "The Home Secretary is effectively running these hotels, spending billions of pounds a year of taxpayer money to accommodate 32,000 illegal immigrants in hotels, and another 60,000 in private flats.

"That’s costing about £4 billion a year. She’s running centres for illegal working. That’s got to be shut down immediately."

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp blasted the Home Secretary

GB News host Andrew Pierce questioned: "Hang on. One point, why are you not taking this up with Deliveroo? Why aren’t they in the dock? They're breaking the law."

He explained: "I’ve written to the Home Secretary asking her to shut this down. I’ve also written to the chief executives of Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats, asking what’s going on.

"I’ve asked the Home Office to get immigration enforcement involved. These companies should be fined massive fines. But they don’t care.

"And this is the problem with these giant, technocratic international corporations. If we’re going to wave them through, this is what we’re dealing with."

He added: "Labour could shut this down immediately, they're running the hotel.

"When I visited, the security guard was more interested in throwing me out for filming than shutting down the illegal working going on with the bikes. They could shut it down straight away."

His visit followed reports in The Sun newspaper that Channel migrants were earning up to £1,000 a week by renting delivery accounts through social media groups.

The newspaper's investigation found dozens of online forums where legal riders were sub-letting their Deliveroo and Just Eat accounts for as little as £40 a week.

The Government acknowledged the reports, with a Downing Street spokesman saying it was "right that spotlight is being shone on this racket" and that they would not stand for it.

Border Security Minister Dame Angela Eagle will meet with food delivery companies next week to address the issue.

A migrant hotel in London

"It undermines honest businesses and undercuts local wages, and the British public rightly won't stand for it, and neither will this government," the spokesman said.

All three delivery companies insisted they have strict verification processes. Deliveroo said it had "zero tolerance for any misuse of our platform," whilst Just Eat said they had introduced facial recognition tests.

Uber stated all couriers "must undergo checks to ensure they have a legal right to work in the UK" and that they were "removing fraudulent accounts."