67 m. ago Number of asylum seekers housed in hotels up 8% in a year, Home Office data shows

Rise comes despite applications being processed much faster than two years ago as backlog falls below 100,000 for first time since 2021UK politics live – latest updatesThe number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has risen by 8% to 32,059 in a year, according to Home Office data.The data also shows that the government is processing asylum applications much more quickly, with 71,000 cases awaiting approval, relating to 91,000 people, compared with 134,000 two years ago. Continue reading...

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81 m. ago 'Scandalous': Andy Burnham speaks out on asylum seeker hotels

“It’s not acceptable and it’s never been acceptable under any government. The court ruling, in my view, should bring real change.”

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95 m. ago Falkirk asylum hotel protest 'concerning' as council chief tackles misinformation

Falkirk Council 'is not involved' in placing asylum seekers in local hotels, the councils Chief Executive stressed, after angry protests over the weekend.

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2 h. ago DANIEL HANNAN: This injustice against ordinary people should worry us all. If zealots get their way, we cease to be a free society...

Lucy Connolly was a political prisoner. There is no other way to describe the viciousness with which she was charged, prosecuted, sentenced and even reportedly dealt with in prison.

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2 h. ago Lucy Connolly is FREE: Tory councillor's wife who was jailed for 'racist' tweet during Southport riots is released from prison after a year behind bars

The mother and former childminder had spent more than a year behind bars after admitting making the inflammatory post on X in the wake of the Southport attacks in July last year.

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2 h. ago Lucy Connolly released from jail after 10 months behind bars for race hate tweet

The Tory councillor’s wife was released from prison on Thursday after being sentenced last year to 31 months in custody

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3 h. ago Number of asylum seekers in hotels up under Labour despite hundreds closing

The figures come just days after a court ruled that asylum seekers currently staying at a hotel in Essex should be removed

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3 h. ago ‘Hypocritical’ Badenoch calls for Tory councils to launch legal challenges against asylum hotels

Tory leader has encouraged local authorities to ‘take the same steps’ as Epping Forest District Council

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3 h. ago Lucy Connolly is FREE: Tory councillor's wife who was jailed for 'racist' tweet during Southport riots is released from prison after nine months behind bars

The mother and former childminder had spent more than nine months behind bars after admitting making the inflammatory post on X in the wake of the Southport attacks in July last year.

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3 h. ago Asylum hotels latest: Number of migrants in hotels rises under Labour but deportations up by 25%

Labour-run councils are among those considering legal actions against hotels housing asylum seekers

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4 h. ago Chris Philp challenged on why he didn’t encourage councils to take legal action over asylum hotels when Tories were in power

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has defended Kemi Badenoch’s call for Conservative councils to consider legal challenges against the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.

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4 h. ago More than 32,000 migrants living in hotels as Home Office reveals £4.76 billion asylum bill

The number of asylum seekers living in hotels was up 8% at the end of Labour's first year in Government

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4 h. ago Lucy Connolly LIVE: Woman jailed for 'set fire to asylum hotels' tweet to be freed

Lucy Connolly, 41, is due to be released from jail after her racist post calling for asylum hotels to be burned down after Axel Rudakubana stabbed three girls to death in Southport

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4 h. ago Asylum hotel numbers up 8% on last year under Labour, Home Office figures show

The Government has pledged to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029.

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4 h. ago People have ‘every right’ to protest asylum hotels – shadow home secretary

Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.

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5 h. ago Asylum hotels latest: Labour councils join backlash with potential legal action against government

Chaos facing Starmer comes after Epping council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

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5 h. ago Somali asylum seeker says his only crime is 'coming to the UK' amid hotel protests

Khadar Mohamed, who fled his home in Somalia in 2022, said he had never heard the term ‘scumbag’ until he came to the hotel

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5 h. ago 'We're living in pain and fear': Somali asylum seeker pleads for Epping hotel protests to end

Khadar Mohamed, who fled his home in Somalia in 2022, said he had never heard the term ‘scumbag’ until he came to the hotel

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5 h. ago 'Desperate' Kemi Badenoch accused of 'hypocritical nonsense' over asylum hotels

Kemi Badenoch has been accused of spouting 'desperate and hypocritical nonsense' after calling on Tory councils to launch legal challenges over a problem her party caused

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7 h. ago Lucy Connolly to be released from jail after 10 months behind bars for hate tweet

The Tory councillor’s wife will reportedly be released from prison on Thursday after being sentenced last year to 31 months in custody

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