Labour’s new plan to clear asylum hotels amid rising public anger could take months to become operational.

Sir Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper are preparing to set up a new fast-track appeals process, which is set to become law within weeks.

But The i Paper understands implementation will take months to be phased in.

Cooper believes the plan, which will see legally qualified independent “adjudicators” hear appeals, in place of judges, is a key measure to help meet the Government’s pledge to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029.

The scheme will prioritise those in taxpayer-funded accommodation such as hotels, which will put small boat Channel migrants at the front of the queue for hearing to decide if they can stay in the UK or should be deported. Other claimants, such

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