The High Court has ruled that the policy of relocating asylum seekers from hotels to large accommodation centres is legally flawed, forcing the Home Office to rethink its strategy for managing migration.
After local parents campaigned, the Tory leader backed Epping Forest Council’s successful High Court injunction halting the use of the Bell Hotel for asylum accommodation, casting uncertainty over more than 200 similar sites and sharpening calls for a longer-term, community-supported solution.
The High court has instructed the Home Office to move hundreds of asylum seekers from the Bell Hotel in Epping Forest after ruling that the site is unsuitable and in breach of planning rules, undermining ministers’ wider efforts to use hotels as temporary accommodation.
A High Court decision endorsing Epping Forest District Council’s move to remove asylum seekers from the Bell Hotel has upended Labour’s hotel-based migration strategy, prompting fears of cascading legal challenges and forcing ministers into a rapid re-think.
Drinkers are angry after a pub chain introduced an automatic service charge on every pint purchased at the bar, prompting debate over tipping culture and rising costs.
Amid a growing backlash led by property presenter Kirsty Allsopp, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly weighing a levy on homes valued above £500,000, with opponents warning it would penalise ordinary homeowners while supporters argue it would spread the tax burden more fairly and boost public finances.
Donald Trump has suggested the US could provide decisive air support to help broker an end to the war, advocating a Putin–Zelensky summit while making clear that further Kremlin aggression would face steadfast resistance from Britain, Kyiv and the broader West.
A High Court judgment has forced the Home Office to begin shutting migrant hotels where planning consent is lacking, triggering urgent searches for alternative accommodation and fuelling Nigel Farage’s campaign to overhaul the Government’s asylum policy.
Britain is drawing up plans to deploy a reassurance force to Ukraine after any negotiated ceasefire, with Starmer convening a European “coalition of the willing” to craft security guarantees while Washington rules out ground troops and Moscow intensifies drone-and-missile attacks.
Efforts to negotiate peace have stalled, with ongoing discussions failing to yield significant progress despite calls for direct talks and proposals for increased security guarantees.