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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Green-led council plans to ban cooperation with Home Office on immigration raids

Green party leader Zack Polanski celebrates  outside the local election count centre in Lewisham
Green party leader Zack Polanski, centre, celebrates outside the local election count centre in Lewisham in May. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images

A Green-led London council is planning to ban its officials from working with the Home Office on immigration raids, after uncovering evidence suggesting government officials wanted to use environmental health data to target restaurant workers.

Councillors on the Lewisham borough council are due to vote next week on a motion that would review its systems with a view to ending any cooperation with the government’s attempts to deport people without the right to remain in the UK.

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