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UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
6 days ago

Asylum hotel provider makes 180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Clearsprings Ready Homes made nearly £187m profit from Home Office asylum accommodation contracts and paid £183m in dividends while facing allegations of poor hotel conditions.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Tory chair accepted 2k hospitality from developer of HMOs for asylum seekers

Conservative party chair Kevin Hollinrake accepted thousands of pounds of hospitality from Living Redefined, a company converting family homes into HMOs for asylum seekers.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

Countries who don't 'play ball' to accept migrants from the UK could have visas suspended - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

We've deployed a military planning team into Border Security Command and the Home Office to look at military and non-military sites, about where we can help build temporary but adequate accommodation that enables us to transfer those folks from asylum hotels into that temporary accommodation so we can close even more hotels. We've closed 25 in the last year, but the Prime Minister is clear he wants every single one of them closed.
UK politics
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Shabana Mahmood expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels to barracks

Labour will relocate asylum seekers from hotels into military barracks and pursue tougher border measures alongside bilateral returns deals amid rising Channel crossings.
#court-of-appeal
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Epping hotel case could set precedent, court told

A Court of Appeal hearing considers lifting an injunction that blocks housing 138 asylum seekers at the Bell Hotel in Epping due to planning-rule claims.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Napier Barracks to continue holding asylum seekers

Napier Barracks in Folkestone will house asylum seekers until December despite prior High Court findings of overcrowded, filthy and detention-like conditions.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'No plans' for councils to block asylum hotels

West of England councils are not seeking legal action to block asylum seekers from being housed in hotels and most are not planning challenges.
Law
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

The Epping Bell Hotel High Court case set a legal precedent, say lawyers - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

High Court injunction halts further asylum placements at the Bell Hotel and requires current occupants to leave by 12 September 2025, reinforcing council planning authority.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Kevin 'Boxer' Moran hits back at 'hypocrisy' accusations as he withdraws name from legal action against asylum centre

Kevin 'Boxer' Moran has defended his decision to withdraw from legal action against the State, stating that accusations of hypocrisy are merely cheap political point-scoring by councillors.
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UK news
fromBBC News
5 months ago

Asylum hotel firms vow to hand back some profits

The rising cost of asylum accommodation, primarily due to hotel usage, raises concerns for UK ministers.
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