5 h. ago Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary amid pressure to tackle migration

Her appointment comes amid discontent over asylum hotels and record numbers of Channel crossings.

Society

7 h. ago Starmer kicks off major reshuffle after Angela Rayner leaves Government

Shabana Mahmood, formerly the justice secretary, is the new Home Secretary, the PA news agency understands.

Politics

9 h. ago Live updates as Angela Rayner resigns and Keir Starmer forced to make major changes

The deputy prime minister has resigned from the UK Government after a row over stamp duty on second home

Politics

26 h. ago US government blames power company for LA fires that destroyed hundreds of homes: suit

The Eaton Fire killed 19 people in January as it raged across Los Angeles, destroying thousands of structures

Politics

28 h. ago Government to challenge decision to allow legal action over Palestine Action ban

Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, is taking legal action against the Home Office over the decision to proscribe the group.

Politics

28 h. ago Noem spent $200 million on ads and promised to say how many self

Those that used the CBP Home app, which the government spent $200 million promoting via nationwide ads, are meant to receive financial assistance of up to $1,000, and a free flight home

Economics

60 h. ago Government is way behind its 1.5m homes target: Can it still be done?

The government is falling drastically short of its housebuilding targets, figures from the Office For National Statistics (ONS) suggest. 

Politics

62 h. ago Streeting says Government could look at legislation after Linehan arrest

The Government wants to keep people safe by ‘policing streets, not just policing tweets’, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said.

Politics

69 h. ago Nearly TWICE as many asylum seekers are living in homes rent free than in hotels as government offers private landlords five years of guaranteed rent if they house migrants

UK public anger over immigration has focused over the use of hotels to house migrants who are waiting to hear the outcome of their asylum claims.

Society

3 d. ago Cooper suggests asylum seekers could be moved into warehouses instead of hotels – UK politics live

Home secretary says government aims to ‘shrink the whole asylum system’ and is looking at ‘military and industrial sites’Lamb says the Greens are “the antidote to Reform”.That gets a big round of applause.We’re a home for all those people across the country holding their heads in their hands as the Labour government lets them down again and again and again, whether it is switching from the aid budget or from people with disabilities and not bringing in taxes we need.And that is why, in reaction, a new Green wave is sweeping the country as people turn to us.It’s already become a bit of a cliche, but we are really moving into a multi-party system, with the Greens poised to help create the next government.And, like all the best cliches, it has the distinct advantage of also being for true. Continue reading...

Society

3 d. ago Foreign students claiming asylum in UK: Key numbers and trends

The number of asylum claims by people who entered the UK on a study visa has fallen in recent months.

Events

3 d. ago ‘I won’t stand on the shoreline and shout at the sea’: Cooper attacks Farage and Badenoch’s migrant crackdown calls

The home secretary insisted the government will ‘get on with the hard graft, roll up our sleeves and do it step by step’

Events

4 d. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch slams Labour for treating oil and gas sector as a ‘relic of the past’

Badenoch will pledge to make North Sea oil and gas the ‘cornerstone’ of the economy

Politics

4 d. ago Cooper accused by Labour MP of ‘scapegoating’ migrants over asylum plans

Kim Johnson called for ‘more humane policies’, such as safe routes for migrants, as she criticised the Government’s plans.

Events

4 d. ago 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since Assad's fall, UN says

An official with the U.N. reguee agency UNHCR says that since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December, some 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighboring countries

Events

4 d. ago Home Secretary to set out border security and asylum reforms

Yvette Cooper will say the Government’s overhaul of the ‘broken’ asylum system will contribute to ending the use of asylum hotels.

Events

4 d. ago Cooper fights back after summer of discontent over small boats and asylum hotels

The Home Secretary will tell MPs police are tackling small boat gangs and the Government is acting to overhaul the asylum system.

Events

6 d. ago Epping hotel protest leads to arrests after asylum ruling overturned

The local council has said it is ‘ruling nothing out’ following the Court of Appeal decision

Events

6 d. ago Ministers faced with fresh protests and legal battles after asylum hotel ruling

Three appeal judges described the previous judgment as ‘seriously flawed in principle’ and said the hotel could continue to be used to house migrants.

Events

6 d. ago Migrant hotel fightback: Defiant councils 'still planning to take legal action against Government' despite Home Office winning crucial Epping appeal

More than a dozen defiant councils are still planning on taking legal action against the Government despite the Home Office winning an appeal against the closure of an asylum seeker hotel in Epping. 

Society