As part of an effort to stop using private landlords and asylum hotels, asylum seekers will be placed in newly constructed council houses. About 200 local authorities have shown interest in the Government pilot scheme that would finance the construction of new properties or the refurbishment of derelict housing to make space for asylum seekers.Continue reading “Council Houses To Be Built For Asylum Seekers”
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Profitable Migrant Hotels
Two asylum seeker hotels just half a mile apart and majority owned by the same Israeli tycoon are believed to have raked in £100 million from UK taxpayers. The Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza in West Drayton, near London’s Heathrow airport, have accommodated migrants for more than four years, with 1,080 rooms between them. It is thought that asylum seekersContinue reading “Profitable Migrant Hotels”
Migrants Will Soon Need To Speak Fluent English
Migrants coming to live and work in Britain will be expected to speak much better English under a bold new crackdown from Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Ministers will demand that overseas workers meet a significantly higher standard of English before being granted a UK visa in a sweeping overhaul of the immigration system, which will be unveiledContinue reading “Migrants Will Soon Need To Speak Fluent English”
Unless Saturday Letter Deliveries Are Scrapped, First-Class Stamps Will Exceed £1 For The First Time
Royal Mail has warned that the cost of a first-class stamp will see a significant increase if the postal service is to continue six-day deliveries. The price of a first-class stamp increased by 10p to 95p in March, while a second-class stamp rose to 68p. A further increase could push the cost of a first-classContinue reading “Unless Saturday Letter Deliveries Are Scrapped, First-Class Stamps Will Exceed £1 For The First Time”