The home secretary will outline reforms to the border security and asylum system, after a summer dominated by criticism over the small boats crisis and hotel housing.

Yvette Cooper will also highlight record success in tackling people smugglers, as MPs return to Westminster for the first time since July.

She will say the Government’s overhaul of the “broken” asylum system will contribute to ending the use of asylum hotels, an issue which has led to widespread protests over the summer.

Cooper will also set out planned changes to the refugee family reunion process, to give “greater fairness and balance”.

The BBC has reported that she plans to tighten rules for migrants granted asylum to bring their families to the UK, including tougher English language standards and access to sufficient

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