Reform UK 'whipping up anger'

A CABINET minister has accused Reform UK of stoking tensions over hotels being used to house asylum seekers, as protests continued at the weekend.

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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said “whipping up anger” serves the political interests of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s party.

Five people were arrested on Saturday after a group of masked men attempted to enter a hotel in London, as anti-asylum seeker protests continued across the country, after three men were arrested and two were charged following a protest on Friday in Epping, Essex, where The Bell Hotel has been the subject of a legal battle over the housing of asylum seekers.