The prime minister is under pressure to close asylum hotels after a series of violent protests
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The prime minister is under pressure to close asylum hotels after a series of violent protests
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Sir Keir Starmer could end the use of controversial migrant hotels within the next six months if he offered a blanket amnesty to asylum seekers from a handful of countries, it has been claimed.
Minister says plans to move away from using migrant hotels will be announced ‘within weeks’
Labour grandee Lord Falconer tells PM to take action over migrant crisis after government won Court of Appeal challenge over…
The use of asylum hotels has risen under Labour, but the party has pledged to empty them by the next general election
Chaos facing Starmer comes after council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel
It comes as Keir Starmer and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni discussed a new sanctions regime on people smugglers
Labour has pledged to close down all asylum hotels by 2029
