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Voices: Yvette Cooper’s plans to fix the asylum system won’t work

COMMENT: After a summer of spiralling migrant numbers and protests outside asylum hotels, the home secretary has returned to the Commons with tougher new restrictions – but Labour looks like it’s playing catch-up to Reform, says Emily Sheffield

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Ministers committed to ECHR, No 10 says, ahead of border reforms announcement

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will unveil reforms to the border security and asylum system on Monday.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

Home Secretary to set out border security and asylum reforms

Yvette Cooper will say the Government’s overhaul of the ‘broken’ asylum system will contribute to ending the use of asylum hotels.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

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Yvette Cooper set to make it harder for refugees to bring family to UK

LABOUR are looking to make it harder for refugees to bring their family members to the UK.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 1, 2025

Home secretary suspends refugee family reunion applications until new, tighter rules are put in place – as it happened

Yvette Cooper says rules were designed years ago to help families separated by war but are being used in a different way now

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

Yvette Cooper to suspend new refugee family reunion applications as she unveils asylum crackdown - live

Home secretary Yvette Cooper says the first asylum seekers to be returned to France under a new deal will begin later this month

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Yvette Cooper emphasises record success over small boats and asylum hotels amid Epping backlash

The home secretary will make her speech as MPs return to Westminster for the first time since July

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025

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UK to make it harder for refugees to bring family members to country

Home secretary to announce overhaul of family reunion policy in attempt to quell fractious immigration debate

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025

Cooper to tighten rules on family members in overhaul of ‘broken’ asylum system

The home secretary will speak in the Commons as MPs return to Westminster after recess on Monday

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025

Home Secretary pledges to make it harder for asylum seekers to bring family to UK

The Home Secretary will set out planned changes to the refugee family reunion process when MPs return to the Commons on Monday

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025

Yvette Cooper ordered to end detention of asylum seeker with schizophrenia

Home secretary could face legal action over decision to keep 25-year-old man from Nigeria in prison

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025

Government accused of ‘cynical media campaign’ in Palestine Action legal battle

Hundreds of arrests have been made since a ban on the group came into force in July, with nearly 70 people charged.

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Palestine Action lawyers accuse Yvette Cooper of ‘cynical media campaign’

Exclusive: Home secretary ‘breaching duty to court’ by making claims about reason for group’s ban that she has not disclosed in legal case

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025

Home Office appeals against injunction that closed asylum hotel as it could spark further protests

Home Office claims ban on Essex asylum hotel could have a ‘serious impact’ on the UK’s ability to house migrants

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025

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The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

The government must consider all options for a more forceful approach to migration

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The proposal to grant a temporary permission to work to asylum seekers from countries where the overwhelming majority of applications for refugee status are normally granted deserves a cautious welcome – not least because it would enable 200 asylum hotels to be closed within a year,…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 27, 2025

'Really dangerous': Liberty chief blasts Labour over human rights law tinkering

LABOUR’S tinkering with European human rights laws is “really dangerous”, according to the head of a leading civil liberties group.

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025

Essex hotel owner to challenge court ruling banning asylum seekers

The hotel has become a focal point for protests and counter-protests concerning migration

International Business Times UK · Aug 25, 2025

UK Asylum Hotels Under Siege: Fear Inside, Protests Outside

Inside UK asylum hotels, migrants face fear, poor conditions and hostility, while protests intensify outside. The government struggles to balance legal obligations with rising public anger.

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The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2025

Public losing confidence in Starmer over migration, new poll reveals

Yvette Cooper promised to take measures to slash the backlog and move migrants out of hotels but seven out of 10 voters think issue is being handled ‘badly’ by Labour

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2025

Home Office to overhaul asylum appeals system as it tries to clear claims backlog

Yvette Cooper to introduce new system of ‘professional adjudicators’ to hear appeals by rejected asylum seekers

The National (Scotland) · Aug 24, 2025

Judges replaced by adjudicators in Home Office bid to 'fast-track' asylum claims

JUDGES are set to be replaced by adjudicators as part of a Home Office bid to "fast-track" asylum claims.

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2025

Fast-track asylum appeals promised as migrant hotel protests spiral

More protests and counter-demonstrations are taking place on Sunday in a weekend of division and confrontation over illegal migration

Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2025

Government promises asylum appeals overhaul as hotel protests continue

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said a new appeals body would help speed up the system and reduce demand for hotels.

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2025

Voices: Starmer has to find a workable plan to ‘stop the boats’ or Farage will become prime minister

COMMENT: The only thing that will defeat Reform’s unworkable asylum policy is a workable one, writes John Rentoul. Looking at its numerous holes won’t work when symbolism is its main attraction to so many in Britain

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

Farage says Reform UK would carry out ‘mass deportation’ of small boat arrivals

Deals with third countries could also include reviving the Conservatives’ Rwanda link-up.

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