FOUND: 6 - What They Never Told You

Checked out: Jenrick’s migrant hotel record haunts his rightwing bid for attention

Far-right agitator or leadership hopeful? MPs call hypocrisy as former minister rails against system he expanded

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025

Closing asylum hotels must be orderly, Cooper says amid Government legal bid

The Government will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case, and then further appeal against the ruling.

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

Landmark Epping asylum hotel court ruling to be appealed in bid to stop migrants being moved

The move comes after the High Court granted Epping Forest District Council a temporary injunction over the Bell Hotel

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

Epping asylum hotel numbers grew by 611% between March and June

Epping Forest District Council went from housing 28 asylum seekers to 199 in three months

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025

Epping asylum hotel numbers rose from 28 to 199 in three months

The Government has a legal obligation to provide accommodation, which can include hotels, to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2025

As Epping case could bring migrant hotel use to an end – where else can asylum seekers go?

A controversial ruling on Epping’s protest-hit hotel may pave the way for other councils

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025

‘Hypocritical’ Badenoch calls for Tory councils to launch legal challenges against asylum hotels

Tory leader encourages local authorities to ‘take the same steps’ as Epping council

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025

Action to tackle number of asylum seekers coming to UK is important step to ‘restoring order’, says Cooper – as it happened

Home secretary responds to statistics showing rise in number of people housed in hotels in UK, saying Labour has overseen increased numbers of returns of asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2025

Somali asylum seeker says his only crime is 'coming to the UK' amid hotel protests

Khadar Mohamed, who fled his home in Somalia in 2022, said he had never heard the term ‘scumbag’ until he came to the hotel

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2025

Labour councils now want to shut down migrant hotels in wake of Epping injunction

Tamworth and Wirral councils, both controlled by Labour, have joined a number of Conservative and Reform UK-run councils in investigating whether they can mount legal challenges

Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2025