Claim: The "hostile environment" was invented under a Labour Home Secretary.
Fact-check: Did Labour invent the 'hostile environment'? - Full Fact
Verdict: labour used the term in relation to enforcing immigration rules while in power. the conservatives significantly expanded the scope of policies associated with the phrase.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2022-03-17T00:00:00