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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Taylor

Council leaders weigh up legal challenges to migrant hotels after Epping ruling

Police officers outside the former Bell Hotel in Epping during a protest in July (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Councils across England are considering launching their own legal actions after a district council in Essex secured a High Court victory temporarily blocking asylum seekers from being housed in a hotel in the area.

Conservative-run Broxbourne Council in Hertfordshire said it was taking legal advice “as a matter of urgency” about whether it could take similar action to Epping Forest District Council, which is also run by the Tories.

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