Robert Jenrick

The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge is a 222 bedroom, three-storey vessel, which can house up to 506 people. The Home Office has leased it to house asylum seekers (Photo: PA)

Government leases barge to house 500 asylum seekers off Dorset coast

The Red Cross and other charities have slammed the government plans. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Refugees will be left traumatised living at army bases - Red Cross

The government wants to house migrants on military bases. Credit: Adobe Stock/Kim Mogg

Ex-military bases to house thousands of migrants to cut hotel spending

Experts have warned that missing child asylum seekers may have been trafficked or coerced into criminal gangs. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Majority of missing child asylum seekers are ‘trafficked by gangs’

Migrants board a bus to leave a holding facility at Manston Airfield on November 02, 2022 in Ramsgate, England. Credit: Getty Images

Migrants moved from Manston to UK hotels as diphtheria cases rise

The Manston migrant processing centre in Kent. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Manston processing centre now empty as migrants moved elsewhere

RAMSGATE, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 04: A view over tented accommodation at a migrant processing centre on November 04, 2022 in Ramsgate, England. The British government's system for holding and processing asylum seekers and other migrants has heavily scrutinised in recent weeks, amid complaints about conditions at migrant processing sites. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Manston: migrants to be given diphtheria vaccine after cases spike

Detention Action has launched legal action against the government over the conditions at Manston. Credit: Getty Images

Home Office facing legal action over ‘defective’ conditions at Manston

A view of people thought to be migrants at the Manston migrant facility. Credit: PA

‘A breach of humane conditions’: Manston migrant centre crisis worsens

Suella Braverman criticised over ‘invasion’ comments

There are more than 46,828 nursing, midwifery, and health visiting vacancies in the NHS in England

‘We are the NHS’ nurses recruitment drive launched in England

(Photo: Aiden Aslin/@cossackgundi)

Who is Aiden Aslin? Why British national has been sentenced to death

Michael Gove has told developers to cover the “full outstanding cost” of the cladding scandal (image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Gove sets March deadline for developers to act on £4bn cladding plan

Cabinet reshuffle in full: Boris Johnson unveils his new team

The ability to easily grant pavement licences for al fresco dining has been extended to September next year (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Which outdoor hospitality Covid regulations could be made permanent?

A US Air Force aircraft takes off from the airport in Kabul on August 30 as rockets were fired at the airport where US troops were racing to complete their withdrawal (Aamir Qureshi / AFP/Getty)

How many Afghan refugees are in the UK - and where will they live?

Composite image: Kim Mogg/Shutterstock

Thousands taken to court for begging and rough sleeping, figures show

The so-called ‘pingdemic’ saw another record high with 689,313 alerts sent to users of the NHS Covid-19 app (Getty Images)

Almost 700,000 people ‘pinged’ and told to self-isolate in one week

A damaged house on the banks of the river Ahr is seen in Insul western Germany, weeks after heavy rain and floods caused major damage to the area (Photo by Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty)

More than £860m to be spent on flood protections as heavy rain batters the UK

Labour says government is failing leaseholders as cladding crisis deadline is rejected in parliament (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Cladding crisis deadline rejected in parliament

Theatres are currenty operating on reduced capacity (Photo: Getty Images)

Theatres may not survive if lockdown exit delays full reopening on 21 June

Andrew Lloyd-Webber has said he is prepared to be arrested if he cannot open his six West End theatres come 21 June (Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Lord Lloyd-Webber says he will risk arrest in order to fully reopen his theatres

Young people and key workers looking to make their first steps on to the property ladder are being given a boost in a new government initiative. (Pic: Shutterstock)

First Homes: what is government 30% off scheme for first time buyers?

The Health Secretary will deliver a coronavirus update in the House of Commons on Thursday (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

What time is Matt Hancock speaking today?

The limit on the number of mourners who can attend funerals is to be lifted in England (PA).

No limits on funeral attendees as England enters step three of roadmap

Robert Jenrick said he hoped the temporary extension to opening hours would allow customers to avoid peak times and ease transport pressures (Getty Images)

Shops to stay open until 10pm when England’s Covid restrictions ease

A teacher has been suspended at Batley Grammer School after showing pupils a caricature of the prophet Muhammad (Getty Images)

Why are images of Prophet Muhammad offensive to Muslims?

Protesters give a statement to members of the media outside Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire (PA Media)

Protests at school over Prophet Muhammad cartoon ‘not right’

Liverpool City Council corruption: what did scathing report say about local authority and its CEO Tony Reeves? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Why government officials will soon take over parts of Liverpool City Council

The probe into Liverpool City Council began after a series of arrests for fraud, bribery, corruption and witness intimidation (Getty Images)

Liverpool City Council to be partially taken over by government commissioners