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Catch the latest Financial News EventsNumber of asylum seekers in UK hotels falls to 18-month low
Home Office figures also show a rise in asylum refusal rates, with government claiming tightening of rules is workingThe number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in hotels has fallen to the lowest level for 18 months, Home Office figures show.The statistics...
Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more
A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternativesThere’s not much to love about big tech these days. So many ills can be laid at its door: social media...
Starmer, Polanski and Farage in final pitch to voters as polls open in Gorton and Denton byelection – UK politics live
Voting begins in one of the most eagerly awaited and fiercely contested byelections of recent yearsGood morning. In Gorton and Denton, on the outskirts of Manchester, people have started voting in one of the most eagerly awaited, and fiercely contested, byelections of...
Home Office denies ‘absurd’ criticism over rule change that could leave dual nationals stranded
MPs raise cases of honeymooners and other Britons caught out by new passport requirements as minister rejects calls for a grace periodThe Home Office has dismissed as “absurd” claims that it failed to properly communicate new border rules that left some British dual...