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18 councils pursuing or considering legal action to block asylum hotels

Sky News Friday, 22 August 2025 ()
18 councils pursuing or considering legal action to block asylum hotelsThe decision of Epping Council to take legal action against housing asylum seekers in a local hotel has paved the way for further challenges to the Home Office policy.
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Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden has praised Conservative-led councils like Epping for taking legal action to stop hotels being used to house asylum seekers, amid failures from the government to address the issue. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and...

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