Most areas with asylum seeker hotels have Labour councils
More than half of the council areas with asylum seeker hotels are fully or partly controlled by Labour, according to BBC analysis of figures released by the government. On Tuesday,…
More than half of the council areas with asylum seeker hotels are fully or partly controlled by Labour, according to BBC analysis of figures released by the government. On Tuesday,…
A woman who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport attack has been released from prison. Lucy Connolly, 42, whose husband serves on Northampton…
The Ministry of Defence has admitted to 49 separate data breaches in the past four years at the unit handling relocation applications from Afghans seeking safety in the UK. Four…
A former Conservative MP has quit the party, branding it "impotent", and wants to stand in next May's Senedd election. Sarah Atherton, who lost her Wrexham seat at last July's…
Asylum seekers moved out of a hotel in Epping should not be put in other hotels, flats or house-shares, the Conservatives have said. It comes after the High Court granted…
The Lower Thames Crossing is the first major building project where a new scheme to cut environmental red tape will be put to the test, ministers have announced. The project,…
St George flags look set to stay on lampposts in Worcestershire after the county council, run by Reform UK, confirmed it had no plans to remove them. It follows a…
A Labour MP is under investigation for allegedly breaching Parliament's expenses guidelines. Kate Osborne, the Jarrow and Gateshead East MP, is being investigated by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa)…
A council has won its High Court bid to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at The Bell Hotel in Essex – despite a late bid by the government…
Sir Keir Starmer has called US President Donald Trump's commitment to security guarantees for Ukraine a breakthrough, as he hailed the movement towards a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir…