Overview

• At least 33 demonstrations targeting hotels housing asylum seekers are planned nationwide over the bank holiday, with coordinated counter‑protests in multiple towns and cities.
• Metropolitan Police separated opposing groups outside the TLK Hotel in Orpington on Friday night with a large cordon and reported no arrests.
• The government is seeking permission to appeal the High Court injunction that blocked asylum placements at the Bell Hotel in Epping.
• The Home Office says it will not continue using the Park Hotel in Diss beyond the current contract, following weeks of local protests.
• Nigel Farage called for 'mass deportations' and leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, drawing criticism as Labour reiterated its pledge to end hotel use by 2029.