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ASYLUM
Epping Forest to continue asylum hotel battle
By Martin Ford | 03 September 2025
Epping Forest DC has continued its legal battle against use of The Bell Hotel for asylum accommod...
POLITICS
New politics, new tensions
By Rob Whiteman | 02 September 2025
As Reform UK gathers this week for its annual conference, Rob Whiteman argues that with the party...
HOMELESSNESS
After the 'asylum hotels' injunction
By Victoria Searle | 02 September 2025
As the pressures facing local authorities in housing vulnerable people are brought to life in the...
ASYLUM
Councils warned over asylum hotel legal action
By Martin Ford | 02 September 2025
Councils considering legal action against asylum hotels have been warned of unintended consequences.
ASYLUM
Epping asylum hotel injunction overturned
By Martin Ford | 29 August 2025
A temporary injunction banning use of the Bell Hotel in Epping to accommodate asylum seekers has ...
LEGAL
'Political' motivation behind Epping hotel injunction
By Martin Ford | 28 August 2025
Epping Forest DC sought an injunction banning the use of the Bell Hotel to accommodate asylum see...
LEGAL
Staying sensible when legal issues get polarised
By Aneeka Muneer | 28 August 2025
Aneeka Muneer considers the role of local government lawyers in balancing law, politics, place an...
LEGAL
Farage: Put pressure on councils to follow Epping Forest
By Dan Peters | 19 August 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has urged people to 'put pressure' on councils to go to court after...
ASYLUM
Judge temporarily bans new arrivals at Epping asylum hotel
By Ann McGauran | 18 August 2025
A judge has ordered an Essex hotel not to accept any new applications from asylum seekers until h...
LEGAL
Council tight-lipped over monitoring officer departure
By Dan Peters | 12 August 2025
Hertfordshire’s Three Rivers DC has declined to comment on whether it paid a financial settlement...
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