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Watchdog finds Home Office reliance on private contracts to house refugees, often in hotels, forced Foreign Office to slice its budgetA third of the UK’s overseas aid budget was spent by the Home Office on housing refugees in a poorly managed programme…
Opponents claim that bill put forward by Labour government amounts to fear-mongering in an election yearLarge groups of asylum seekers arriving to New Zealand by sea could be detained in prison for up to 28 days without a warrant, under a law change th…
Exclusive: Ministers facing growing anger from Tory backbenchers over use of hotels in their constituenciesThe Home Office is planning to use disused cruise ships to house asylum seekers amid growing anger from Conservative backbenchers over the use of…
Former prime minister said Sunak’s immigration proposals could deny support to modern slavery victimsThe UK’s illegal migration bill could mean modern slavery victims are less likely to give evidence against traffickers, Theresa May has said.The former…
Ministers announce refugees in hotels will be offered move to a home on condition they accept first offerPolitics live – latest updatesPeople who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan are at risk of homelessness in the UK, humanitarian groups have warned, af…
More than 60 signatories write to PM before Tuesday’s debate, warning bill will ‘cost lives’More than 60 NGOs, MPs and academics have written to Rishi Sunak urging him to withdraw the UK’s illegal migration bill, warning that it will drive modern slave…
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing’s failure to treat severe mould led to the death of two-year-old Awaab IshakA social landlord claimed refugee tenants were lucky to have a roof over their heads and that mould was “acceptable” in their homes, an investigati…
Tory critics of PM’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda say failure could do lasting damage to partyRishi Sunak’s proposed bill – which hopes to fulfil his promise to “stop the boats” – is part of a significant gamble which aims to pull off an unexp…
Council of Europe commissioner raises concerns that legislation may not meet human rights standardsPolitics live – latest updatesA European human rights commissioner has warned UK parliamentarians, before a debate on the government’s controversial ille…
Votes come as Labour says people will continue to risk lives to cross Channel under new billAs Alex Wickham from Politico points out, the questions Rishi Sunak is getting this morning suggest this audience is not happy with the government’s record on c…