The Latest Breaking News from Kemi Badenoch

JD Vance’s trip to the UK has seen him dine with a number of right wing figures, from Reform leader Nigel Farage to Cambridge academic James Orr

YOUR VIEWS: Our community described the Tory leader’s suggestion as cruel – and a distraction from deeper political failures

US vice president and ally of Donald Trump and the Conservative justice secretary have both called for a tougher crackdown on migrants

COMMENT: The leader of the Conservative Party ought to be addressing the issue of how to prevent more small boats from arriving in the UK, instead of talking vaguely of ‘camps’, says John Rentoul

Essex council applies for an interim High Court injunction in bid to stop asylum seekers from being housed at hotel that has been at the centre of protests

Documents in relation to the Bell Hotel in Epping were lodged with the High Court in London on Tuesday, Epping Forest District Council said.

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Kemi Badenoch has suggested placing asylum seekers currently housed in hotels into “camps”, as new Home Office figures reveal that almost 50,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer took office.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch warned that some communities ‘don’t feel safe’ during a visit to Epping in Essex.