POLL OF THE DAY: Do you trust the PM to finally smash the gangs? YOUR VERDICT

Sir Keir Starmer will convene a meeting of 40 countries in London today in a bid to put an end to people-smuggling gangs.

Countries including Albania, Vietnam and Iraq - all three of which account for a sizeable chunk of nationalities found aboard small boats - will join the talks, which are the first of their kind, alongside representatives from France, the US and China.

"This vile trade exploits the cracks between our institutions, pits nations against one another and profits from our inability at the political level to come together," he will say.

The Prime Minister will point to his time working across borders to foil terrorists when he was Director of Public Prosecutions.

He will add: "I believe we should treat organised immigration crime in the same way.

"I simply do not believe organised immigration crime cannot be tackled. We've got to combine our resources, share intelligence and tactics, and tackle the problem upstream at every step of the people-smuggling routes."

In spite of this, both the Prime Minister and his recent Tory predecessors have overseen the arrival of thousands of boats in Britain every year - and just days ago, GB News revealed that more than 30,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel since the General Election alone.

This poll is now closed. See the full results below and continue to have your say in the comments.

In the exclusive poll for GB News membership readers, an overwhelming majority - 99 per cent - of the 2,946 voters don't trust the PM to finally smash the gangs, while just one per cent disagree.