The UK government will temporarily house about 900 asylum seekers in military barracks, facing criticism over potentially higher costs and accusations of cruelty.
Reform-led council takes first steps towards planning action over asylum hotels
Local councils are using planning rules to challenge use of hotels for asylum seekers amid legal battles and nationwide protests over migrant accommodation.
Police arrest five people as masked anti-asylum protesters try to storm hotel near Heathrow
Masked demonstrators attempted to storm a migrant hotel in west London; police deployed extra officers, enforced a dispersal order, and made five arrests for violent offences.