Asylum hotels latest: Number of migrants in hotels rises under Labour but deportations up by 25%
Labour-run councils are among those considering legal actions against hotels housing asylum seekers
Chris Philp challenged on why he didn’t encourage councils to take legal action over asylum hotels when Tories were in power
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has defended Kemi Badenoch’s call for Conservative councils to consider legal challenges against the use…
Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ makes ‘no sense’ and could lose Treasury money, former IFS chief warns
The chancellor is reportedly planning to levy capital gains on the sale of first properties
UK government borrowed lower than forecast in July in boost for Rachel Reeves
Economists had widely predicted a higher July borrowing figure, making the actual outcome a positive surprise
Is Labour really failing on immigration and asylum hotels?
Though the asylum backlog is at its lowest level since 2021, the government is still housing over 100,000 asylum seekers.…
UK exports to US plummet in wake of Trump tariffs
Sales were £2bn lower in three months compared to the same quarter last year, the British Chambers of Commerce warned
Robert Jenrick claims migrants threw bottles at him at France camp
Robert Jenrick said that he had bottles thrown at him during a visit to a migrant camp near Calais.
Starmer and Zelensky united on ‘strong resolve’ to secure just peace in Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin talks
US President says he is pushing for a ceasefire in Ukraine when he meets Russian leader at a summit in…
Labour fails to rule out annual tuition fee rise to stop universities going bust
It comes less than a year after Bridget Phillipson announced that university tuition fees will increase in England for the…
No immediate plans to change ‘unfair’ student loan interest, education secretary admits
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said on Thursday, 11 August, that there are “no immediate plans” to change interest levels…