The UK will stop automatically providing accommodation and other support to asylum seekers, as part of a major overhaul to the migration system.

Currently, there is a legal duty under EU law to provide financial assistance to anyone who arrives in the country and claims asylum.

Under the package being announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tomorrow, the government will be able to deny that support to people under certain circumstances.

The Home Office described the move as ‘the most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration in modern times’, saying they would remove incentives that draw people to get in small boats.

But the changes have been described as ‘harsh and unnecessary’ by the Refugee Council, which said it would lead to more vulnerable people sleeping rough on British

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