Yvette Cooper promised to take measures to slash the backlog and move migrants out of hotels

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

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (pictured) said yesterday the Home Office will seek to appeal against the injunction forcing migrants to be removed from the Bell Hotel in Epping.

Two men were arrested in anti-migrant protests in Norwich ahead of a weekend of planned action

The use of asylum hotels has risen under Labour, but the party has pledged to empty them by the next general election

The Home Secretary told of how it was 'completely unacceptable' delays in the appeals process left failed asylum seekers in the system for years.

The government would establish a new and independent body, with the aim of hearing cases more quickly.

The Government plans to set up a new independent panel focused on asylum appeals to help reduce the backlog of 51,000 asylum appeals.

Asylum appeals to be fast-tracked by trained adjudicators rather than the judiciary

LONDON: The UK government vowed on Sunday to overhaul its asylum system after weekend protests broke out across the country at hotels housing migrants, with more planned. The…

Yvette Cooper promised to take measures to slash the backlog and move migrants out of hotels

There were 32,059 asylum seekers in UK hotels by the end of June. Labour has promised to end the use of the sites by 2029.

Protesters gathered outside the Park Hotel in Diss last month after the Home Office said it would remove migrant families and replace them with lone male asylum seekers.