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Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements
ASYLUM

Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements

By Paul Marinko | 26 May 2026

Breckland DC’s leader has called for a council veto on local asylum placements as tensions grow in the Norfolk district over the issue.

HOUSING

New asylum housing inspection launched

By William Eichler | 10 April 2026

An inspection of how the Home Office engages with councils in the development of asylum accommoda...

ASYLUM

Epping Forest ends legal fight over asylum hotel

By Martin Ford | 13 March 2026

Epping Forest DC has admitted defeat in its long-running legal battle over the use of a hotel to ...

ASYLUM

Council backlash over asylum reforms

By Martin Ford | 11 March 2026

The Government was this week accused of shifting the burden of supporting asylum seekers to counc...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Commissioner threatens legal action after censure

By Neil Merrick | 10 March 2026

A police and crime commissioner (PCC) who attended a protest against asylum seekers moving onto h...

ASYLUM

Epping Forest DC challenges High Court on Bell Hotel ruling

By Martin Ford | 06 March 2026

Epping Forest DC has returned to court in an attempt to secure an injunction against the use of t...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Home Office trying to restore sharing of asylum data

By Dan Peters | 12 February 2026

Senior Home Office officials have told councils they are trying to restore their access to inform...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reform council calls for urgent asylum action

By William Eichler | 03 February 2026

Reform UK-led Kent CC has urged the Government to tackle soaring costs tied to caring for unaccom...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Councils stripped of asylum data access

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2025

Councils have been stripped of access to information about asylum seeker accommodation after the ...

ASYLUM

Providing new homes for asylum seekers while tackling the wider housing emergency

By Tim Naor Hilton | 15 December 2025

If done correctly, a new system for housing people seeking asylum would bring fundamental benefit...

APSE

APSE's annual polling generates good and bad news for councils

By Mo Baines | 11 December 2025

Highlights from APSE’s major annual Survation poll has found a divergence of views amongst the pu...

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