First people detained under ‘one in, one out’ deal before being sent back to France – UK politics live

<p>Home secretary says the move ‘sends a message to every migrant currently thinking of paying organised crime gangs to go to the UK’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/07/first-people-detained-one-in-one-out-asylum-deal-uk-france-immigration">First people detained under ‘one in, one out’ deal</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Rushanara Ali</strong>, the homelessness minister, is facing criticism for hiking rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds, reportedly just weeks after the previous tenants’ contract ended, PA Media reports. PA says:</p><p>Four tenants who rented a house in east London from Ali were sent an email last November saying their lease would not be renewed, which also gave them four months’ notice to leave, <a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/homelessness-minister-threw-out-tenants-increased-rent-3846449">the i newspaper reported</a>.</p><p>Ali’s property was then re-listed with a £700 rent increase within weeks, the newspaper said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/07/defence-spending-gordon-brown-interest-rates-immigration-labour-uk-politics-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>