Burnham Government Faces Asylum Dispersal Challenge Amid Labour Internal Shifts

Ministers are considering paying higher rents to landlords to spread asylum seekers more evenly across the UK, part of PM Andy Burnham's plan to end the use of expensive hotels. The shift towards private rental properties and former military barracks is cheaper, but officials believe strict caps on rent payments may need to be raised to avoid concentration in deprived areas. The government has already closed 44 asylum hotels...