MP Christian Wakeford to apologise for asylum seeker comments

Exclusive: Ex-Tory who defected to Labour says constituents opened his eyes to hardship faced by claimants

Christian Wakeford will apologise on Wednesday for previously claiming asylum seekers have a shopping trolley as to what they want as economic migrants" when he was a Conservative MP.

The MP for Bury South crossed the floor to Labour earlier this year, criticising the Tory government's policies for only worsening his constituents' struggles . He said two of his constituents had opened his eyes to the difficulties many asylum seekers faced when arriving in the UK.