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ASYLUM
Judge temporarily bans new arrivals at Epping asylum hotel
By Ann McGauran | 18 August 2025
A judge has ordered an Essex hotel not to accept any new applications from asylum seekers until h...
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce
By Dan Peters | 06 August 2025
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has created a taskforce to unde...
POLITICS
MP's warning after asylum protests
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2025
Protests at an Essex hotel housing asylum seekers is a ‘crisis that risks boiling over’, an MP ha...
POLITICS
Home Office recommits to closing asylum hotels
By Joe Lepper | 31 July 2025
The Government has insisted it ‘remains committed’ to ending the use of hotels for asylum accommo...
HOUSING
Durham tightens HMO rules
By Paul Marinko | 29 July 2025
Durham CC’s Reform administration has tightened Homes of Multiple Occupation (HMO) rules after it...
FINANCE
London borough enters EFS talks with Government
By Martin Ford | 25 July 2025
Hillingdon LBC is in talks with the Government over exceptional financial support (EFS) as budget...
IMMIGRATION
Epping Forest councillors urge Government to close asylum hotel
By Joe Lepper | 25 July 2025
Councillors in Epping Forest have voted unanimously to call on the Government to ‘immediately and...
COHESION
Councils fear riots repeat
By Neil Merrick | 15 July 2025
Councils fear a repeat of last summer’s riots without ‘significant government investment in commu...
LGA CONFERENCE
Asylum minister admits information sharing 'no longer fit for purpose'
By Martin Ford | 07 July 2025
A Home Office minister has pledged to be more open with councils after agreeing the department’s ...
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 t...
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