The United Kingdom's Interior Ministry is purchasing tents to accommodate up to 2,000 migrants on abandoned military sites to save money on hotels, British media reported on Friday

The UK government announced plans on Monday to move thousands of illegal migrants out of expensive hotels and onto barges and former air force airfields in a bid to cut housing costs

Participants in the United Kingdom's biggest strike for a decade have begun to march in central London over pay increases and the rising cost of living, UK broadcaster Sky News reported on Wednesday