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Hundreds of asylum seekers to be moved to two UK military sites

Barracks in Inverness and East Sussex will house about 900 men as government aims to end use of hotels

The Guardian - UK

Plans to end asylum hotels ‘won’t save any money’

The government has suggested closing hotels is a bid to appease the public but critics have said it will not save the taxpayer any money

The Independent UK

Thousands of families will be torn apart by Labour’s asylum crackdown

Exclusive: More than 6,000 children will be unable to reunite with their loved ones after government paused major route for refugees to come to Britain

The Independent UK

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Britain’s asylum hotels must be closed for good

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Billions have been wasted on unfit accommodation that suits neither the migrants who shelter there nor the communities enraged by their presence. It is imperative that the government take decisive steps and build an alternative – now

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers to be housed in barracks in bid to end hotel use

The plans will see men housed at Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex.

The Independent UK

Housing asylum seekers in army barracks may cost more than migrant hotels, admits defence minister

Men to be housed at Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex will be the first of up to 10,000 migrants who the Home Office want to place at military sites

Evening Standard

Podcast: Billions squandered on migrant hotels due to Home Office ‘incompetence’

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Starmer ‘angry’ over asylum accommodation ‘mess left from last government’

It comes as a report published on Monday said that billions of pounds had been ‘squandered’ on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement.

Evening Standard

Home Office could move asylum seekers into pop-up buildings as it scrambles over migrant hotel crisis

Minister says plans to move away from using migrant hotels will be announced ‘within weeks’

The Independent UK

Progress on ending asylum hotels to be announced ‘within weeks’ – minister

Steve Reed said the Government was looking at ‘modular’ forms of building to ensure sites could go up quickly.

The Independent UK

Starmer’s digital ID plan could be jeopardised by Irish jobs agreement

Political parties in Northern Ireland have criticised the plan to introduce mandatory digital ID for workers

The Independent UK

Billions squandered on asylum hotels because of Home Office ‘incompetence’

Home Office oversight over asylum accommodation is chaotic and incompetent, causing costs to spiral, influential group of MPs warns

The Independent UK

Home Office squandered billions on ‘failed and chaotic’ asylum accommodation

Commons committee describes successive governments’ failures to manage hotel use, contracts, spending and safeguarding

The Guardian - UK

Home Office has chance to end ‘failed’ asylum accommodation system, MPs say

The Home Office has repeatedly cut corners and wasted taxpayers’ money in its ‘chaotic’ response to asylum accommodation pressures, MPs warned.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Revealed: How 'chaotic' use of migrant hotels has seen Home Office 'squander' billions of pounds

Government has repeatedly cut corners and wasted taxpayers’ money with its ‘failed, chaotic and expensive’ system, damning report finds

The Guardian - UK

High court halts eviction of refugee under Home Office 28-day policy

Judge intervenes in case, disapplying government rule that charities say drives refugees into homelessness

Evening Standard

London restaurant fined £120k for employing illegal workers fighting Home Office bid for it to be stripped of licence

A Home Office investigation had uncovered three Bulgarian women without the right to work in the UK employed at the popular eatery

Evening Standard

Fact check: Fake MP defection video, bus pass verification and immigration removals

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Police response to grooming gangs faces ‘significant challenges’, watchdog says

Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley said force had a ‘steady flow’ of ongoing investigations

The Independent UK

Refugee misses chance to apply to bring family to the UK by 13 minutes after visa route closes

Refugees in the UK are unable to reunite with their loved ones after the Home Office paused a lifeline scheme in September

Evening Standard

'See you at the High Court,' London residents' threat to Government in row over new China mega-embassy

Beijing is piling pressure on the Government to back the new super-embassy by threatening “consequences” if it does not do so.

The Guardian - UK

Windrush victims to get 75% of compensation up front in scheme overhaul

Exclusive: Claimants will also be compensated for lost contributions to work or personal pensions for first time

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent

Editorial: Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe parties

Evening Standard

Migrants lose late-night High Court bids to block removal to France

Mr Justice Johnson said there was a ‘strong public interest’ in allowing the Home Office to continue with the removals scheme.

Evening Standard

Foreign Office and Home Office drop demand for security changes at new Chinese mega-embassy in London

EXCLUSIVE: Two Whitehall departments had been requesting that a planning condition be a new ‘hard perimeter’ for part of the controversial new diplomatic complex at Royal Mint Court in Tower Hamlets

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