‘The government doesn’t want to listen’: Epping council leader reacts to migrant hotel closure
Ministers are bracing for legal challenges after Epping Forest District Council has won a battle for a temporary injunction to close a migrant hotel in Epping.
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.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage suggested the 12 councils where Reform UK was the largest party would consider legal challenges following Tuesday’s ruling.
0:00 | Epping Council leader Chris Whitbread joins Tom Swarbrick to give his reaction to the judgement.
4:12 | Migrant support co-ordinator at campaign group Sapphire Project shares her concerns, asking ‘if not hotels, where?’
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