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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 accommodate asylum seekers.
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...
PLANNING
What does the Epping 'asylum hotel' High Court case mean for councils and planning departments?
By Ben Standing | 08 December 2025
After a council’s attempt to block asylum seekers from staying at a hotel was thwarted by the cou...
ASYLUM
Backlash warning over asylum decentralisation
By Joe Lepper | 04 December 2025
Councils fear a backlash from far-right activists if responsibility for housing asylum seekers wa...
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