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Reform councillor works on asylum claims for Home Office, investigation reveals

Paul Bean may have breached civil service impartiality rules over alleged social media posts

The Guardian - UK

UK Asylum Hotels Under Siege: Fear Inside, Protests Outside

Inside UK asylum hotels, migrants face fear, poor conditions and hostility, while protests intensify outside. The government struggles to balance legal obligations with rising public anger.

International Business Times UK

'Mainstreaming fascism': Sky News blasted for 'grotesque' gunboats article

A SKY News article suggesting gunboats should be considered as a way of deterring small boat crossings has been blasted as "grotesque" and…

The National (Scotland)

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Home Office slammed as Glasgow houses thousands of refugees travelling from UK cities

THOUSANDS of refugees have claimed homelessness in Glasgow after travelling from other parts of the UK after Home Office support ended, it has been…

The National (Scotland)

Dining across the divide: ‘I was really hardline about immigration – but her struggles softened me a bit’

Illegal immigration and the climate crisis were hotly debated by the novelist and the former tram driver. But did they end up on the same track?

The Guardian - UK

Home Office 'dividing Scottish communities' with refugee support restrictions

HOME Office funding restrictions are causing “divides” in Scottish communities, whistleblowers have told the Sunday National.

The National (Scotland)

East London Indian restaurant loses licence after employing staff 'below minimum wage'

An East London Indian restaurant's licence has been suspended after the Home Office found staff were paid below minimum wage

Evening Standard

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Farage says Reform UK would carry out ‘mass deportation’ of small boat arrivals

Deals with third countries could also include reviving the Conservatives’ Rwanda link-up.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage to unveil ‘mass deportation’ plan and could revive Tories’ Rwanda deal

Arresting asylum seekers on arrival and forced deportation to countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea are among the proposals

The Independent UK

Fact check: Home Office has had mass fatality plans in place for decades

Social media posts have attached significance to a contract which is just replacing an old facility.

Evening Standard

Children ‘detained’ under Starmer’s one-in one-out migrant swap deal with France

Exclusive: Two boys, believed to be 17 years old, have been released from detention after concerns were raised

The Independent UK

Fact check: How many asylum hotels have been closed under Labour?

Ministers claimed about 200 have been closed since the peak under the previous government – but most of this fall took place under the Conservatives.

Evening Standard

Closing asylum hotels must be orderly, Cooper says amid Government legal bid

The Government will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case, and then further appeal against the ruling.

Evening Standard

Landmark Epping asylum hotel court ruling to be appealed in bid to stop migrants being moved

The move comes after the High Court granted Epping Forest District Council a temporary injunction over the Bell Hotel

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The National (Scotland)

UK Government to appeal against Epping asylum hotel ruling

THE Home Office will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case of a hotel used to house asylum seekers…

The Independent UK

Government to appeal against Epping asylum hotel ruling – minister

The move comes after the High Court granted Epping Forest District Council a temporary injunction on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Interactive map reveals how many asylum seekers are being housed in hotels across London

New figures reveal the number of asylum seekers in London hotels in June

The Guardian - UK

Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far-right threats

Exclusive: One NGO placed on an online hitlist had to temporarily close its office owing to harassing phone calls

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Evening Standard

Asylum applications hit new record high while backlog drops, figures show

Home Office data reveals 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June 2025.

The Independent UK

Britain’s migration crisis: What the latest numbers really show

Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and Alicja Hagopian report

The Independent UK

Epping asylum hotel numbers grew by 611% between March and June

Epping Forest District Council went from housing 28 asylum seekers to 199 in three months

Evening Standard

Epping asylum hotel numbers rose from 28 to 199 in three months

The Government has a legal obligation to provide accommodation, which can include hotels, to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.

The Independent UK

As Epping case could bring migrant hotel use to an end – where else can asylum seekers go?

A controversial ruling on Epping’s protest-hit hotel may pave the way for other councils

International Business Times

UK Sees Record Asylum Claims As Row Brews Over Housing

Britain is grappling with its highest-ever number of asylum applications, official data showed Thursday, as a political storm brews over the temporary housing of thousands of migrants in hotels.

The Guardian - UK

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 2021

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