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COMMENT: As home secretary Yvette Cooper announces £100m to pay for more border officers and new surveillance technology, among a raft of key measures, Sean O'Grady admits that there is no silver bullet to stop illegal immigration – and that slow, unshowy progress risks playing into Reform UK’s hands

The funding will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers and new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on smuggling gangs

Tensions over asylum hotels have flared up in recent weeks, with a protest and counter-protest taking place on Saturday outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel in north London

The Government faces mounting pressure to cut how many asylum seekers are housed in hotels

The Government faces pressure to cut how many asylum seekers are housed in hotels.

Individuals caught by the offence could receive a prison sentence of up to five years and a fine

Anyone advertising crossings or illegal working could face up to five years in prison and a large fine.

Exclusive: The Independent spoke with half a dozen protesters arrested for supporting a terrorist organisation since the proscription of Palestine Action

It will apply to all ranks up to and including chief superintendent