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Home Office forced to put on hold plans to house asylum seekers at ex-RAF airbase

Braintree District Council, which opposes the plans, said in a statement it has been given the green light for an injunction hearing at the High Court on April 19

Daily Mirror

Funeral of black WWII veteran Flight Sergeant Peter Brown set for historic RAF church

A date for the funeral of Peter Brown, one of the RAF's WW2 veterans who died alone has now been set for next month after the event became 'inundated' with requests to attend following an appeal for mourners

Daily Mirror

Use of barges and RAF sites to house migrants is evidence of failure – Starmer

The Government should focus on tackling the backlog of asylum claims, the Labour leader said.

The Independent UK

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Funeral of one of RAF’s last black WW2 veterans moved to historic church

The service for Flight Sergeant Peter Brown will now take place at St Clement Danes, the RAF Central Church, in Westminster so more people can attend.

The Independent UK

Funeral for black WW2 veteran Peter Brown moved to The Strand to accommodate crowds

A surge in requests to attend the Flight Sergeant’s ceremony came after a hugely successful campaign to find his family

Evening Standard

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight confirmed for Swansea Airshow 2023 including Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster

The Red Arrows and the RAF Typhoon Display Team have already been confirmed

Wales Online

Britain spends three times more aid on housing refugees than it sends to Africa

Foreign Office figures show aid to Africa fell to £1.1bn in 2022, compared with £3.7bn of budget spent on refugees in UK

The Guardian - UK

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Only official civilian victim of UK’s bombing campaign against IS appears not to exist

Contradictions over missions in Syria and Iraq deepens concern over Britain’s ‘perfect’ precision war

The Guardian - UK

‘It seems unlikely there wasn’t gay sex at the front’: The writers restoring queer lives into world war history

First World War poetry has always been defined by gay writers, so why is our idea of war still so heteronormatively masculine? Marcus Field speaks to two writers bringing questions of war, heroism and gender to the fore

The Independent UK

Government urgently needs to help cancer-stricken RAF veterans exposed to 'toxic soup'

Record View says the MoD should be doing everything they can to help former RAF personnel who have fallen seriously ill after handling lethal chemicals.

Daily Record

RAF veterans exposed to 'toxic soup' of chemicals at Scots airbases face fight for compensation

More than 100 engineers were left with life-long health issues due to the potent solvents.

Daily Record

"I wouldn't live anywhere else": The island village in Greater Manchester surrounded on all sides by water

Surrounded on all sides by water and with only one road in and out Prestolee has been dubbed the 'island village'

Manchester Evening News

Amy Cokayne interview: ‘Rugby can’t encompass my entire life - RAF career gives me extra perspective’

England hooker speaks exclusively to Standard Sport about life on and off the pitch ahead of England’s Women’s Six Nations clash against Italy

Evening Standard

Council launches legal action against Home Office’s ‘irrational’ asylum seeker plan

The Minister for Immigration announced plans on Wednesday to use RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire as a site for up to 2,000 asylum seekers

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Legal action launched over Home Office plan to house asylum seekers at RAF base

West Lindsey District Council says plans to use RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire as a site for up to 2,000 asylum seekers is ‘irrational’

Wales Online

Council launches legal action against Home Office's plans to turn RAF base into asylum accommodation

West Lindsey District Council declares the decision to house 2,000 asylum seekers at RAF Scampton as 'irrational'

The Independent UK

Council launches legal action against Home Office over asylum accommodation

The Minister for Immigration announced plans on Wednesday to use RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire as a site for up to 2,000 asylum seekers.

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak criticised for spending £500,000 on private jet hire in just two weeks

The Prime Minister spent the money on trips to Egypt, Indonesia, Latvia and Estonia in November.

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Manchester Evening News

Plans approved for more residential developments on former RAF airfield

Work is expected to begin on the seventh phase of the huge development as soon as possible.

The Independent UK

Home Office planning to house asylum seekers in former prison

Charities say former prison that saw riots is an ‘unsuitable’ location for traumatised asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Boats, barges and big bills – the asylum options being chewed over in Whitehall

Former military bases and cruise ships are among alternatives to hotels to house people seeking asylum in UK

The Independent UK

Tory backlash over plans to put asylum seekers on barges and in military bases

One Tory MP tells parliament barges should be ‘out of the question’, while another says legal action will be launched over RAF base conversion

Evening Standard

What are the Government’s plans for migrants? Barges, RAF bases and cruise ships could replace hotels

It is costing £6.8 million a day to house migrants at hotels and ministers are looking for cheaper alternatives

The Independent UK

Government decision to house migrants at RAF base ‘absolutely devastating’

No confirmation has been provided as to how long migrants would be housed at RAF Scampton.

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers will get the most basic housing possible, says Robert Jenrick

Minister sets out plans to use old army bases and possibly ships to save money and dissuade people from coming to UK

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