The ex-Labour home secretary urged ministers to take the 'radical' step as fury grows over the use of nearly 200 hotels to house 32,000 asylum seekers at taxpayers' expense
Lord Blunkett last night suggested Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, had failed to focus on the peril the Government is in because he has spent so much time abroad.
The former home secretary's (pictured) intervention puts him at odds with the former prime minister Gordon Brown, who is leading the charge to try to abolish the cap.