16 h. ago The staggering cost of Britain's asylum problem revealed: Taxpayer pays £4million a DAY on migrant hotels and accommodation

Contracts were originally forecast to cost £4.5billion over a decade from 2019 but are now expected to run to £15.3bn over same period, after the Channel crisis exploded, NAO says

Economics

17 h. ago Britain spends £4million a DAY on migrant hotels and asylum accommodation: Taxpayers will pay £15BILLION over 10 years

Contracts were originally forecast to cost £4.5billion over a decade from 2019 but are now expected to run to £15.3bn over same period, after the Channel crisis exploded, NAO says

Economics

31 h. ago Rebekah Vardy must pay Coleen Rooney at least £1.4m in legal costs

Rebekah Vardy must pay Coleen Rooney at least £1.4million in legal costs following the high-profile Wagatha Christie libel battle, a judge has said

Economics

3 d. ago It was planned as an extreme sports park – now it's one of Wales' top wedding venues

When Ryan Davies arrived at Llanerch Vineyard it was in receivership and the vines had died. More than a decade on it includes hotel accommodation, a restaurant, and walking trails as well as a wedding venue

Politics

6 d. ago 'Outraged' homeless person accuses hotel of evicting them so beach festival

Tunes on the Bay takes place in Swansea this weekend, but the Dragon Hotel in Swansea has said temporary accommodation at any time of year is only ever for specific time frames, although extensions can be requested

Society

6 d. ago Herbalife millionaire's siblings drag his younger partner back into court amid claim he only left her entire £6.4million fortune because he 'abhorred paying tax'

Maltese national Sheila Caruana, 59, was left Alan Lorenz's multi-million-pound estate when he died in 2021 aged 78.

Economics

7 d. ago Staggering cost of meeting London's housing target revealed in new research

Analysis comes as London Assembly housing chief warns an entire generation ‘will never get on to the housing ladder independently’

Events

7 d. ago Farage calls for national emergency over arrival of people from ‘alien’ cultures

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said billions of pounds are being spent on housing ‘undocumented males’ in hotels and rented accommodation.

Politics

7 d. ago Asylum seeker who came to Britain on small boat is jailed for raping woman after she left nightclub

Eritrean Dan Tesfalul, 27, targeted the woman who was so drunk she couldn't remember the attack in Norwich. He bought her drinks, then followed her outside the club.

Events

8 d. ago Hawaii plans to increase hotel tax to help it cope with climate change

Hawaii lawmakers are ready to hike a tax imposed on travelers staying in hotels, vacation rentals and other short-term accommodations and earmark the new money for programs to cope with a warming planet

Society

8 d. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan still not happy with cue as staggering cost of his snooker equipment emerges

Ronnie O'Sullivan has been using cues made by John Parris for almost 40 years, with the renowned cue maker supplying the Rocket with his preferred equipment

Politics

9 d. ago Migrants convicted of sex offences to be banned from claiming asylum in Britain

Labour’s crackdown will also see 24-week time limits for asylum appeals decisions to cut the backlog

Events

9 d. ago Iranian asylum seeker who argued he can't be deported because he's a 'sex toy smuggler' wins fight to stay in Britain

The asylum seeker who applied for refugee status in the UK claimed that Iranian authorities looked on him 'adversely' for ferrying boxes of vibrators and other adult devices across the border.

Events

1 week ago The staggering number of Romanians on student loans, a deserted Oxford business college with 10k students

In the city of dreaming spires you'll find Oxford Business College, a place where 'ambition meets opportunity and education drives success'.

Politics

1 week ago Trans people 'considering fleeing Britain and claiming asylum abroad' after Supreme Court gender ruling, ex

Lord Cashman made the claim in a debate in the House of Lords on Thursday saying people were looking to leave the country after the Supreme Court's ruling last week.

Events

1 week ago Trans people 'considering fleeing Britain and claiming asylum abroad' after Supreme Court gender ruling, Labour peer claims

Lord Cashman made the claim in a debate in the House of Lords on Thursday saying people were looking to leave the country after the Supreme Court's ruling last week.

Events

2 w. ago Revealed: The staggering cost of detaining prisoners on ‘inhumane’ jail terms – and you’re paying for it

Exclusive: Locking up IPP prisoners cost £145m in 2024, on top of an estimated £1.6bn spent since the cruel sentence was abolished, analysis shows

Events

2 w. ago Revealed: The staggering cost of detaining prisoners on ‘inhumane’ jail terms

Exclusive: Locking up IPP prisoners cost £145 million in 2024, on top of an estimated £1.6 billion spent since the cruel sentence was abolished, analysis shows

Events

2 w. ago Hypocrisy row over plans to send failed asylum seekers to 'return hubs' overseas after Starmer scrapped Tory Rwanda scheme

Conservatives responded with fury to reports that ministers could pay countries in the Balkans to take Britain's failed asylum seekers - comparing it to the Rwanda scheme which Sir Keir Starmer scrapped.

Events

3 w. ago Albanian lesbian couple win asylum claim to stay in Britain after arguing people in their home country are homophobic

The women had trafficked after being 'abducted by masked men, sexually assaulted by multiple men and subjected to physical and verbal abuse on account of their sexual orientation', a court heard.

Events