Knowsley Council’s leader has condemned the “rumour mill” and “misinformation” swirling in Knowsley around asylum seekers housed at the Suites Hotel in Kirkby and demanded government action over conditions at the hotel.
Council leader Cllr Graham Morgan made the comments at a meeting of Knowsley Council’s cabinet tonight, February 22, in the aftermath of protests outside the hotel earlier this month which turned violent.
Cllr Morgan spoke of “so much rumour and speculation around the reasons for the protest” stating: “Like so many people in our borough I was saddened to see the events that unfolded on February 10th, which started off as peaceful protest but quickly turned into violence and disorder.
