Kemi Badenoch Urges Conservative Led Councils to Challenge Asylum ...
Kemi Badenoch supports legal actions by Conservative councils against asylum hotels, highlighting concerns over planning and resource strain amid 32,345 asylum seekers housed in hotels, Home Office data shows.
- Kemi Badenoch has urged Conservative councils to legally challenge the use of asylum hotels following a High Court injunction that blocked asylum seekers from using Epping's Bell Hotel as accommodation.
- Epping Council's legal action has prompted councils from various parties to explore similar legal options.
- Labour criticized Badenoch's letter as a 'pathetic stunt,' claiming there are '20,000 fewer asylum seekers in hotels than at their peak under the Tories.'
- Home Office figures show a decrease in asylum seekers in hotels from 32,345 in March to 32,059 in June, reflecting ongoing discussions about the future housing of asylum seekers in the UK.
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Corina Gander: How Broxbourne plans to take on its asylum hotel
Corinda Gander is Leader of Broxbourne Council. The Marriot Hotel in Cheshunt was a landmark for the local community and the wider area for decades. As one of only three hotels in Broxbourne, it provided much needed accommodation for visiting friends and family, as well as being an incredibly popular venue for weddings and celebrations. But all that changed overnight in December 2022. The Home Office gave Broxbourne Council less than a day’s n…
Kemi Badenoch tells Tory council leaders to follow blueprint of Epping migrant hotel victory
Kemi Badenoch has called on Conservative council leaders "encouraging" them to follow Epping Forest District Council’s footsteps by launching bids to shut asylum hotels
Chris Philp given reality check over Tories’ record on asylum hotels
The shadow home secretary Chris Philp has been set straight on both his own record as immigration minister, and the Conservatives’ use of asylum hotels while they were in government. In an excruciating interview on BBC Radio 4, Philp tried to claim that if the use of asylum hotels had continued to halve, as they did in the last nine months of Sunak’s government, Labour would have ended their use by now. After Philp repeatedly dodged journalist E…
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