7 h. ago Keir Starmer makes major asylum hotel vow as plan met with backlash

Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed he wants to shut all asylum hotels down before his existing 2029 deadline, saying he understands public anger amid a wave of protests

Events

10 h. ago ‘Radical’ reforms on asylum laws announced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Labour has vowed to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by the next election but the Prime Minister said he has set the ‘challenge’ of emptying them sooner

Society

10 h. ago Yvette Cooper to suspend new refugee family reunion applications as she unveils asylum crackdown

Home secretary Yvette Cooper says the first asylum seekers to be returned to France under a new deal will begin later this month

Events

11 h. ago ‘I completely get it’ – Starmer insists he wants to empty asylum hotels faster

Sir Keir Starmer spoke to the BBC about his desire to grip the small boats crisis, as Yvette Cooper is set to unveil reforms to border security.

Events

11 h. ago Keir Starmer: I want to speed up closing down migrant hotels

Labour has vowed to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by the next election but the Prime Minister said he has set the ‘challenge’ of emptying them sooner

Events

11 h. ago Keir Starmer admits he would not want to live next to an asylum hotel as his desperate 'phase two' government relaunch is ridiculed

Keir Starmer stressed he wanted the facilities to shut in an 'orderly' way but acknowledged that the 2029 target for getting rid of them needs to be brought forward.

Politics

12 h. ago Starmer slams Reform’s ‘politics of grievance’ ahead of Cooper unveiling asylum crackdown to MPs

Home secretary Yvette Cooper will address Parliament later this afternoon with her plans for reforming the asylum system

Politics

13 h. ago Small boat, big house: Elon Musk ridicules Starmer's Britain after asylum seekers 'are given new £300k new

The decision to use four £300,000 three-bedroom properties in Suffolk as migrant accommodation prompted fury after it emerged last night.

Economics

14 h. ago Elon Musk ridicules Starmer's Britain after asylum seekers 'are given new £300k new

The decision to use four £300,000 three-bedroom properties in Suffolk as migrant accommodation prompted fury after it emerged last night.

Economics

49 h. ago 'Thank you Keir!' Migrants staying at Epping hotel hail Starmer after his Government fought to keep asylum seekers there

Sir Keir has been thanked after a temporary injunction which blocked asylum seekers being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, was dramatically overturned at the Court of Appeal.

Events

5 d. ago Starmer could end asylum hotel use in six months with this one move, charity claims

The prime minister is under pressure to close asylum hotels after a series of violent protests

Events

6 d. ago Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ asylum plans are a golden opportunity for Labour

Editorial: Reform UK’s plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission will be popular, but it is unworkable. It will also give the prime minister a winning idea – about how he should now assume a pivotal role in updating international agreements such as the Geneva Conventions for the modern age

Events

7 d. ago Voices: It’s time for Starmer to expose Farage’s snake oil on immigration

Nigel Farage and Reform UK have gone conveniently silent on Brexit while decrying small boats and asylum seekers – Keir Starmer needs to take significant measures to expose the reality of what they’re selling, while convincing the public that Labour is on course to do better, writes Andrew Grice

Politics

7 d. ago Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure over small boat migrants and asylum hotels amid ongoing protests

A poll has suggested that people believe Sir Keir Starmer is failing to grip the problem

Events

7 d. ago Pressure grows on holidaying Keir Starmer as seven in 10 voters think he's handling asylum hotel issue badly

A YouGov poll for The Times found that 71 per per cent of voters believe the Prime Minister is handling the asylum hotel issue badly.

Events

8 d. ago Pressure mounts on Starmer over small boat migrants and asylum hotels

The issue is top of voters’ concerns but there is little support for Sir Keir Starmer’s approach, a poll has suggested.

Events

8 d. ago Starmer's asylum court overhaul 'will not stop the boats landing': Critics accuse PM of 'tinkering around the edges' as tensions flare at hotel rallies

The Tories and Reform UK said the proposals are designed to see off public anger over migrant hotels but are nothing more than 'tinkering at the edges' of the asylum system.

Events

9 d. ago Protesters clash outside asylum hotels as tensions over migration flare

The use of asylum hotels has risen under Labour, but the party has pledged to empty them by the next general election

Events

9 d. ago Voices: Starmer has to find a workable plan to ‘stop the boats’ or Farage will become prime minister

The only thing that will defeat Reform’s unworkable asylum policy is a workable one, writes John Rentoul. Looking at its numerous holes won’t work when symbolism is its main attraction to so many in Britain

Politics

9 d. ago Asylum hotel protests latest: Rival groups face off as tensions flare at anti

Two men were arrested in anti-migrant protests in Norwich ahead of a weekend of planned action

Events