Legal action considered over asylum seeker funding
LEGAL

Legal action considered over asylum seeker funding

By William Eichler | 30 May 2025

Hillingdon LBC is considering legal action against the Government after the Home Office refused to provide it with extra funding to house asylum seekers.

ASYLUM

Reform threaten legal action to close migrant hotels

By Paul Marinko | 06 May 2025

Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf has vowed councils controlled by the party would launch legal action...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Health inequalities are not inevitable

By Kelly O'Neill | 11 April 2025

Kelly O’Neill looks at how Hounslow LBC used the NHS England CORE20PLUS5 framework to identify re...

ASYLUM

Home Office cuts UASC incentive payments

By Paul Marinko | 10 April 2025

The Government has reinstated an incentive scheme for councils accepting the transfer of Unaccomp...

ASYLUM

Asylum hotel contingency plan activated

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2025

The Home Office has activated contingency plans following the axing of an asylum hotel contractor.

ASYLUM

Ministers in urgent plea for council help with Afghan refugees

By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2025

Whitehall has called on councils to support an Afghan resettlement programme under which regions ...

REORGANISATION

Lack of asylum funding snag for reorganisation

By Joe Lepper | 20 February 2025

Funding for asylum seeker support has emerged as a sticking point in Kent’s reorganisation plans.

ASYLUM

EXCLUSIVE: Home Office stops UASC incentive payments

By Paul Marinko | 05 February 2025

The Home Office has stopped a key funding stream worth millions of pounds to councils receiving u...

HOUSING

LGA steps in to address North-South housing tensions

By Paul Marinko | 22 January 2025

Sector tensions between the North and South over out-of-area placements have prompted the Local G...

ASYLUM

Addressing asylum

By Paul Marinko | 22 January 2025

Paul Marinko looks at the outlook for asylum accommodation and finds that, despite complex challe...

ASYLUM

Government returns to 56-day limit for asylum hotels

By Paul Marinko | 09 December 2024

The Government has reversed a move to reduce the time successful asylum seekers can remain in hot...

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