Government wants to build up portfolio of ‘medium-sized’ sites as alternative to asylum hotels
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Government wants to build up portfolio of ‘medium-sized’ sites as alternative to asylum hotels
Government wants to build up portfolio of ‘medium-sized’ sites as alternative to asylum hotels
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Officials target tower blocks and student halls in plans to slash number of asylum hotels

Yvette Cooper says Government looking at industrial and military sites as well as disused tower blocks

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out a target to end the use of hotels by 2029, although it is unclear how this can be achieved…

Proposal could end migrant hotels by putting them up in properties that local authorities have purchased

Former military sites, previously rejected by the Home Office, will be considered under new plans to fast-track closure of…

Ministry of Defence ‘reviewing all its sites’ to quickly relocate asylum seekers following backlash