Key Facts

• The UK Reform party gained more than 600 seats and control of 10 local authorities in a recent election.
• The party is considering taking legal action to stop migrants from being housed in areas they control.
• Currently, the Home Office is responsible for the housing of adult asylum seekers, and while local councils can express disapproval, they have limited power to prevent it.
• Some of the legal methods that the UK Reform party might use include judicial reviews and injunctions, which are different ways to challenge a decision or action in court.
• About 40,000 migrants are currently housed in hotels, a number the government plans to eventually reduce.
• The UK Reform party also plans to cut spending on diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• In 2021, six local authorities in the West Midlands took legal action against the Home Office's policy of dispersing asylum seekers across the country, but withdrew after a promise of a "new, fairer asylum dispersal system".
• The UK Reform party has plans to publish a proposal to deport all illegal residents in their first term of government.