Though the asylum backlog is at its lowest level since 2021, the government is still housing over 100,000 asylum seekers. A third of these are in hotels, which cost millions a day.

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

Court ruling closing down Bell Hotel has thrown the Government’s wider asylum plans into turmoil

EPPING: Britain’s government was considering Wednesday whether to appeal a court ruling blocking the housing of asylum seekers in a flashpoint hotel, as it scrambled to come up…

Though the asylum backlog is at its lowest level since 2021, the government is still housing over 100,000 asylum seekers. A third of these are in hotels, which cost millions a day.

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

Ministers said to be considering a ‘range’ of options after hotel protests and high court ruling – but choices are limited

Rise comes despite applications being processed much faster than two years ago as backlog falls below 100,000 for first time since 2021

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

The security minister said the government would close all asylum hotels by the end of parliament, but it must be done ‘in a managed and ordered way’

Security minister says Labour will close asylum hotels by the end of this parliament but it needs to be done ‘in a managed and ordered way’