Nigel Farage says illegal migration is a ‘scourge’
The Reform UK leader will outline his plans to tackle small boat crossing later on Tuesday....
Schools, care homes and sports clubs sold off to pay spiralling council debt
Hundreds of council-owned buildings being sold as local authorities seek to reduce debts of £122bn....
Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms
The party is serious about going after shale gas – but critics argue it’s too difficult and costly....
Government plans to overhaul asylum appeals system
The government would establish a new and independent body, with the aim of hearing cases more quickly....
Pub and travel bans proposed in sentencing overhaul
Ministers say the reforms are aimed at reducing reoffending and easing pressures on crowded prisons....
Farage vows mass deportations to tackle small boats
Plans outlined by the Reform UK leader would see the country taken out of the European Convention on Human Rights....
Government seeks to appeal court ruling on asylum hotel
The High Court refused a last-minute request by the Home Office to intervene in the Epping asylum hotel case....
Crackdown on people wrongly claiming child benefit abroad
The government is expecting the move to save £350m over the next five years, after a successful pilot....
Most councils with asylum seeker hotels under Labour control
New figures released by the government show that 131 local authorities are housing asylum seekers in hotels....
Labour councils consider asylum hotel legal challenges
More than half a dozen councils, including some run by Labour, are assessing their options after Epping ruling....