Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Rachel Reeves could consider cutting the amount savers are allowed to withdraw in a lump sum from their pension pots asContinue Reading
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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Kemi Badenoch has been branded a “hypocrite” for calling for Conservative councils to challenge the use of so-called asylum hotels inContinue Reading
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has defended Kemi Badenoch’s call for Conservative councils to consider legal challenges against the use of hotels to house asylum seekers. In a letter to Tory councils, Mrs Badenoch said she was “encouraging” them to “take the same steps” as Epping Council, “if your legalContinue Reading
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Watch: Protesters gather outside the Bell Hotel in Epping after injunction blocks housing of asylum seekers Protesters gather outside the Bell Hotel in Epping after injunction blocks housing of asylum seekers Tara Cobham20 August 2025 10:15 Data analysis: Fewer asylum seekers housed in hotels The Independent’s data correspondent Alicja HagopianContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Rachel Reeves is considering hitting the owners of high-value properties with capital gains tax when they sell their homes as partContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The “very worst” kind of politicians “try to drive people apart”, the security minister has said in response to comments madeContinue Reading
