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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal and Vikram Dodd

Labour-run councils consider legal challenges to asylum hotels

Signage of the bell hotel
A ruling in London has granted a temporary injunction to stop asylum seekers from being housed at the site. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters

Labour-run councils are considering legal challenges to stop hotels from housing asylum seekers after a landmark ruling prompted officials to consider increasing the use of former military sites as emergency accommodation.

Wirral and Tamworth councils said they are exploring high court injunctions to remove claimants after the Conservative-run authority in Epping Forest won a temporary high court injunction to remove people from the Bell Hotel.

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