4 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.

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer weighs up compulsory ID cards to stop small boats

Keir Starmer is weighing up bringing in digital ID cards in a bid to tackle illegal working, No10 suggested - as he vowed to go 'further and faster' on shutting asylum hotels

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11 h. ago Epping Council refused permission to appeal ruling over asylum seekers at The Bell Hotel in Supreme Court

The Court of Appeal refused the application of the local authority in Essex to appeal to the higher court

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11 h. ago Welsh hotel forced to deny false claims it's housing asylum seekers

Management said they were left with no choice other than to address the rumours and for people to 'know the truth'

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15 h. ago Channel migrants could be moved to WAREHOUSES as Labour scrambles to close asylum hotels with PM holding emergency talks on how to go 'further and faster' on tackling small boats

Yvette Cooper said the Government was looking at 'military and industrial sites' as 'more appropriate' places to house asylum seekers.

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16 h. ago Man and woman charged after protests over asylum hotel in Epping

Essex Police stressed that nobody had been arrested for unfurling a flag.

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17 h. ago Migrants could be moved into warehouses when asylum hotels close, Yvette Cooper suggests

Labour have committed to ending the use of asylum hotels by 2029

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17 h. ago Keir Starmer to hold urgent meeting after weekend of chaos across UK

The Prime Minister has pledged to speed up the closure of asylum hotels, with the Labour leader saying he wants them shut before his existing 2029 deadline

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

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21 h. ago Asylum hotels can be closed earlier than key government date, Yvette Cooper says

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says 'we do believe it can be done earlier' when quizzed on the government's 2029 date to end the use of hotels housing asylum seekers

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32 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Yvette Cooper's parliamentary speech was a public emergency edict delivered by Play School presenter

Yvette Cooper's tactic, in the face of smouldering civil unrest about asylum hotels, was to wobble her head and adopt a damp, disapproving tone. Public-emergency edict delivered by Play School presenter.

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34 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

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36 h. ago Starmer’s reshuffle and stories about Rayner reveal trouble at the top of the Labour party

Keir Starmer has attempted to take back control of his government with a mini-reshuffle on MPs return from recess. But tension at the top of the party has not gone away, political editor David Maddox reports

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37 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

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38 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.

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38 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

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38 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.

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38 h. ago Epping hotel protest LIVE as full reasons given for court overturning ban

Last week, the Court of Appeal scrapped an injunction that would have forced the 138 migrants living at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, to leave by September 12

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38 h. ago Voices: Yvette Cooper’s plans to fix the asylum system won’t work

After a summer of spiralling migrant numbers and protests outside asylum hotels, the home secretary has returned to the Commons with tougher new restrictions – but Labour looks like it’s playing catch-up to Reform, says Emily Sheffield

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39 h. ago Yvette Cooper to give major asylum update as PM lashes out at Farage's fantasy plans

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will address MPs returning from the summer break after a difficult summer for Labour with tensions rising over asylum hotels

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