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Kate Whannel Political reporter PA Media The government is seeking the right to appeal against a High Court ruling which blocks asylum seekers being housed in an Essex hotel. Earlier …

Getty Images A record 111,000 asylum applications were made to the UK during the year to June, but the government is processing cases faster, new Home Office figures show. This …

Yvette Cooper, thanks to Tuesday’s high court ruling, is facing potentially explosive decisions over where to house asylum seekers if courts rule that they must leave hotels. The Home Office, …

Dominic CascianiBBC News, Home and Legal Correspondent•@BBCDomCLewis Adams BBC News, Essex PA Media The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of intense protests, and counter-protests over the summer Asylum …

Aimee Dexter BBC News, Essex Dominic Casciani BBC Home and Legal Correspondent PA Media Hundreds of protesters have attended demonstrations at The Bell Hotel during the summer A hotel has …

Many schemes to stop small boat crossings in the Channel have been considered by UK governments in recent years, from the Rwanda policy to “wave-machines”. Here are four of them. …

PA Media In the past week, there have been demonstrations outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, where asylum seekers have been housed Single adult male asylum seekers who refuse …

Brian Wheeler Political reporter PA Media Newly-appointed shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has accused Sir Keir Starmer of fuelling public frustration over the housing of asylum seekers. Sir James …

Aimee Dexter BBC News, Essex Greg Mckenzie BBC News, Essex PA Media There have been a number of demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, believed to be housing asylum …

Rob England Data Journalist, BBC Verify Jack Fenwick Political correspondent EPA The government spent nearly a third less on hotels to house asylum seekers between April 2024 and March 2025, …