The Latest Breaking News from Robert Jenrick

Home Office backs down on plan for asylum seekers to sleep four to a room

Move follows protest by refugees who had been told they would be sharing small London hotel rooms

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023

Braverman scraps Patel’s flagship asylum rules after less than a year because hers are ‘stronger’

Rules quietly changed in ‘huge waste’ of taxpayers’ money as Sunak bids to cut asylum backlog

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Key plank of new UK asylum law dropped to cut backlog

Home Office will no longer distinguish between people arriving by irregular means and other asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023

Sunak WhatsApp ‘mistake’ has given Boris an opportunity, warns ex-No 10 chief

Former PM ‘enjoying making life more awkward for Sunak’, says senior Tory Lord Barwell

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2023

Boris Johnson should use public funding ‘appropriately’, says minister

Robert Jenrick says government will not restrict what former PM can say to Covid-19 inquiry

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

Boris Johnson will not be restricted in evidence to Covid Inquiry, minister insists

The former prime minister has been warned by lawyers that he could lose public funding if he tries to ‘undermine’ the Government’s position

Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2023

Sunak seeks to regain migration initiative during Dover visit

PM will outline what he views as progress on issue amid pressure from backbench Tory MPs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

'We depend on them': Brian Cox defends overseas students contribution to Scotland

The Scottish actor was taking part in the Sunday with Laura Kuensberg panel on BBC One

The National (Scotland) · Jun 4, 2023

Asylum seekers will be told to share hotel rooms, says Tory minister

Single adult males will be asked to share, says Robert Jenrick – insisting policy ‘not unreasonable’

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2023

Nottinghamshire MP says Asylum system ‘riddled with abuse’ and needs fundamental change

He said migrants will be asked to share hotel rooms as the Government comes under pressure to reduce net migrations

Nottingham Post · Jun 4, 2023