Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice urged residents to protest outside more migrant hotels to force councils to take legal action to ban asylum seekers

The Reform leader says his party’s 12 local councils will do ‘everything in their power to follow Epping’s lead’ and challenge the use of hotels to house asylum seekers

Chaos facing Starmer comes after council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice urged residents to protest outside more migrant hotels to force councils to take legal action to ban asylum seekers

Injunction to remove people from Essex hotel leads to government considering other housing options

A controversial ruling on Epping’s protest-hit hotel may pave the way for other councils

Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and Alicja Hagopian report

Government scrambles to draw up contingency plan as more councils indicate taking legal action

Labour has pledged to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by the end of this parliament in 2029

Anti-migrant protests are being advertised at 26 hotels housing asylum seekers as a million revellers are due to celebrate Notting Hill Carnival