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Growing proportion of aid budget to be spent on asylum hotels next year

Hotel accommodation for asylum-seekers strips money from the aid budget and threatens the health of people seeking safety, charities warn

The Independent UK

How will Rachel Reeves’s pledge to end asylum hotels work?

The government wants to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029

The Independent UK

Spending review winners and losers: How each department fares

Health, education and defence are all set to see a growth in spending.

Evening Standard

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Everton manager David Moyes learned of OBE at grandson’s nativity play

The former centre back was honoured as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by avid football fan the Prince of Wales on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves pledges to end use of asylum hotels by end of this parliament

Home Office looks to former student accommodation to house migrants instead of hotels

The Independent UK

Emergency workers to get greater protection from racial abuse in house calls

It is illegal to racially or religiously abuse anyone in public, but this does not extend to within a private home under the Public Order Act.

Evening Standard

Home Office minister has ‘clocked’ asylum accommodation break clause next year

Different options to provide asylum accommodation are being piloted ahead of a break clause in contracts next year.

Evening Standard

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Rachel Reeves forced ‘to make £5bn cuts’ to balance books after spending review

Exclusive: Chancellor set to unveil Labour’s spending plans on Wednesday but researchers warn she will need to make £5bn of cuts by 2028/29 — even before finding the cash to restore winter fuel payments to pensioners

The Independent UK

Home Office may be forced to cut police numbers as result of Treasury deal

Sources say cuts to force headcount remain ‘a possibility’ as Yvette Cooper last minister to reach spending agreement

The Guardian - UK

What London wants from the Spending Review as speculation grows Rachel Reeves set to snub capital

A source close to Sadiq Khan said ministers ‘must not return to the damaging, anti-London approach of the last government’

Evening Standard

Cash for visas scandal: Corrupt immigration advisers ‘charge migrants up to £22,000 for skilled worker visas'

The scam allegedly involves immigration advisers coaching foreign workers to overstate their levels of education and experience to secure visas to come to the UK

Evening Standard

Cooper still in last-minute talks with Treasury over spending review

Reports suggesting greater police spending will mean a squeeze on other areas of the Home Office’s budget.

Evening Standard

Government paying millions to help migrants leave UK

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The Independent UK

Revealed: Home Office pays migrants £53m to leave UK

Exclusive: Home Office said assisted voluntary returns are more cost-effective than funding accommodation for those awaiting enforced deportation

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘Smash the gangs’: is Labour’s migration policy just a slogan?

The UK government is desperate to show it is preventing small boat crossings, but its PR-heavy approach may cause more problems with voters than it solves

The Guardian - UK

NHS to get £30bn boost over three years at expense of other services

Policing and local councils among areas facing real-terms cuts in the spending review on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of foreign aid on asylum support this year

International rules allow countries to count first-year costs of supporting refugees as overseas development assistance.

Evening Standard

Inside Home Office immigration raids as over 6,000 people arrested in illegal migrant workers crackdown

Home Office targets nail bars, restaurants and caravan parks across the UK as arrests soar by over 50 per cent in a year

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Downing Street exploring options for ‘progressive’ UK digital IDs

BritCard proposed by Labour Together as way to avoid another Windrush scandal and reduce visa overstayers

Evening Standard

Fei Er Cottage has failed to pay a £180,000 fine for hiring illegal workers, the Home Office said

The Independent UK

Retired police dogs deserve a pension, charity argues

The Home Office has a ‘moral obligation to these dogs’, advocates say

The Guardian - UK

Harry and Meghan explored changing surname to Spencer amid children’s passport delays

Exclusive: source says couple feared unexplained wait was due to king’s opposition to their children bearing HRH title

Evening Standard

Police chiefs and Government watchdogs write to PM in warning over funding cuts

In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Mark Rowley warned that cuts to police budgets will have ‘far-reaching consequences’, it has been reported.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office accused of ‘racist crackdown’ on Nigerians after denial of visit visa

Officials refused entry to man who runs top security firm in Nigeria and his family to spend holiday with his sister

Evening Standard

Al Qaida terrorists tried to poison UK water supply, says ex-security minister

Details of the foiled 2008 extremist plot emerged as the Government was pressed over steps to protect reservoirs against attack.

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