This week, Andy Burnham's first major act as prime minister-in-waiting was to back Shabana Mahmood's Immigration and Asylum Bill through its second reading, a High Court ruling on trafficking protections was quietly set aside, and opposition to military-site asylum accommodation hardened from Oxfordshire to North Yorkshire. Our analysis of what was covered, what wasn't, and what the sector can do with it.

This week, the Immigration and Asylum Bill's human cost came into sharper focus ahead of Monday's Second Reading, opposition to military accommodation deepened from Halifax to Bicester, and a major investigation exposed the hate campaign now facing migration charities - including IMIX's own CEO. Our analysis of what the coverage got right, what it missed, and what the sector can do with it.

This week, the government's new Immigration and Asylum Bill combined a £10,000 repayment charge with a fresh community sponsorship scheme, local opposition to military accommodation deepened across three counties, and an anti-migrant film boosted by Elon Musk showed hostility being packaged as entertainment. Our analysis of what was covered, what wasn't, and what the sector can do with it.