38 h. ago Britain's asylum capital warns it faces a migrant 'disaster': Glasgow's SNP leader fears city will be unable to cope with surge of homeless refugees amid Labour's hotel crackdown

The leader of Glasgow council has warned of 'disastrous' consequences if thousands of refugees head to Scotland when Labour kicks them out of migrant hotels in England.

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3 d. ago Voices: Is Shabana Mahmood the ‘Maggie Thatcher of the left?’

If the new home secretary can succeed in closing migrant hotels and stopping the boats, she will single-handedly revive Labour’s fortunes – and she might also cement herself as Keir Starmer’s successor, says Simon Walters

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5 d. ago Labour set to close all asylum seeker hotels in bid to appear tougher on immigration with migrants to be moved to military barracks

The Labour Government is set to close down migrant hotels and house residents in former military barracks in a fresh bid to take control of the small boats crisis. 

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1 week ago Labour MP claims people flying St George's flags outside migrant hotel are 'extremists' trying to 'mark territory'

Clive Lewis, who represents Norwich South, condemned Norfolk county council for keeping the flags up after they were erected on lamp posts near Brook Hotel, in Bowthorpe, last week.

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1 week ago Labour minister insists the rights of Bell hotel asylum seekers trump those of families in Epping

Sir Keir Starmer could soon bleed voters after the Government won a controversial court victory allowing asylum seekers to stay at The Bell Hotel in Epping.

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1 week ago Labour minister insists the rights of Bell hotel asylum seekers are more important than families in Epping

Sir Keir Starmer could soon bleed voters after the Government won a controversial court victory allowing asylum seekers to stay at The Bell Hotel in Epping.

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1 week ago Starmer warned he must shut migrant hotels or face losing Labour voters to Reform

Labour grandee Lord Falconer tells PM to take action over migrant crisis after government won Court of Appeal challenge over Epping hotel

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1 week ago Councils vow to fight to close migrant hotels as Labour is accused of 'taking the side of migrants over Britons'

In a victory for the Home Office , the Court of Appeal yesterday overturned an injunction ordering the removal of 138 migrants from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

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1 week ago Councils vow to fight to close migrant hotels as Labour is accused of 'taking the side of migrants over Britons' after judges allow Home Office appeal

In a victory for the Home Office , the Court of Appeal yesterday overturned an injunction ordering the removal of 138 migrants from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer will APPEAL over ruling to close Epping migrant hotel after it throws Labour asylum policy into chaos by triggering wave of cases across Britain

Security minister Dan Jarvis revealed the Government will appeal against a refusal to allow the Home Office to intervene in the case.

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3 w. ago Voices: Does Denmark hold the key to Britain’s asylum problem?

As a former attorney general suggests the government must do more to deter migrants from attempting to enter the UK, should we now look to the Scandinavian centrist coalition that ditched a historically welcoming stance in favour of a ‘zero refugee’ policy, asks Sean O’Grady

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3 w. ago Labour councils now want to shut down migrant hotels in wake of Epping injunction

Tamworth and Wirral councils, both controlled by Labour, have joined a number of Conservative and Reform UK-run councils in investigating whether they can mount legal challenges

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3 w. ago Labour revolt on migrant hotels: After shock Epping court ruling, Left

Town hall leaders across the country said they are already looking to follow Epping Forest District Council and take legal action to prevent small boat arrivals being placed in local hotels.

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3 w. ago Labour braced for wave of legal action over migrant hotels as immigration crisis deepens

Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice urged residents to protest outside more migrant hotels to force councils to take legal action to ban asylum seekers

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3 w. ago Councils across the country poised to close migrant hotels: Labour's policy in chaos...as minister admits they have no idea where they'll rehouse asylum seekers

Yesterday, council leaders won the first step in their bid to have The Bell Hotel closed, after Mr Justice Eyre ruled the establishment must stop housing asylum seekers by September 12.

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3 w. ago Security minister refuses multiple times to outline alternative to asylum hotels

Labour is in turmoil after more councils consider launching legal challenges over the government’s use of asylum hotels.

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3 w. ago Labour faces migrant hotel chaos as more councils consider launching legal action to ban asylum seekers

The Reform leader says his party’s 12 local councils will do ‘everything in their power to follow Epping’s lead’ and challenge the use of hotels to house asylum seekers

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3 w. ago Labour's migrant hotels policy is in disarray: Asylum seekers are stunned as Epping Council wins legal battle to move them out

The High Court ruling gives The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, just 24 days to close after it became the focus of violent protests.

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3 w. ago Epping migrant hotel is set to CLOSE as council wins legal battle following weeks of anarchy after resident was charged with sexual assault

Council leaders won the first stage of their battle close the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on planning permission grounds after it became an epicentre of anti-immigration protests.

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3 w. ago Epping migrant hotel set to CLOSE after council wins legal battle for temporary injunction, despite Home Office claiming it would breach asylum seekers' human rights

Council leaders won the first stage of their battle close the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on planning permission grounds after it became an epicentre of anti-immigration protests.

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