The day small boats crisis became a BIG boats crisis: Forty-nine foot mega-dinghy carrying 230 migrants - more than a Boeing 737 - reaches Britain

Labour's attempts to tackle the Channel crisis were branded a 'complete laughing stock' on Monday after a record 230 migrants arrived on one dinghy. The record-breaking mega-dinghy arrived less than two weeks after Andy Burnham insisted the Government's plan was working. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'Labour's weak attempts at fixing the Channel crisis have turned the UK into a complete laughing stock. And 2,773 – not including Monday's mega-dinghy – have arrived since Mr Burnham became Prime Minister on July 20. The new debacle came after a Home Office source insisted on Friday that Labour's plan to tackle the Channel crisis was 'beginning to bear fruit'.