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The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels has risen by 8% under Labour on the same point last year, according to newly published data.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue.

Ethel Caterham, who lives in Surrey, became the oldest living person in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas at 116.

Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.

The Office for National Statistics said the borrowing of £1.1 billion is the lowest July figure for three years.