Progress on ending asylum hotels to be announced ‘within weeks’ – minister

A demonstration outside the former Bell Hotel in Epping (PA) - (PA Wire)

Progress on ending the use of hotels for asylum accommodation will be announced “within weeks”, the Housing Secretary has said.

Steve Reed said the Government was looking at “modular” forms of building to ensure sites could go up quickly, and use big sites such as military bases to end the use of hotels “entirely”.