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Yvette Cooper emphasises record success over small boats and asylum hotels amid Epping backlash

The home secretary will make her speech as MPs return to Westminster for the first time since July

The Independent UK

Epping migrant hotel protesters march on council offices as police make arrests

Around 200 people gathered outside the Epping Forest District Council building where a woman climbed the steps and unfurled a Union flag.

Evening Standard

Protesters gather again at Epping asylum hotel

The Bell Hotel became the focal point of several demonstrations and counter-protests in recent weeks.

Evening Standard

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‘It is about a balance of rights’ Education secretary on community concerns in Epping

Bridget Phillipson was repeatedly asked wether she believed the rights of asylum seekers were more important than the interests of local communities.

The Independent UK

Masked men attempt to enter London asylum hotel as angry protests take place across UK after Epping ruling

Epping Forest District Council will decide on Monday whether it is set to take its battle over the Bell Hotel to the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Starmer promises action on small boat migrants as pressure mounts on Government

Former lord chancellor Lord Falconer said the Government had to convince people it had an answer to the crisis.

Evening Standard

Two charged following Epping asylum hotel protests

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Protestors gather outside Epping hotel housing asylum seekers

Protestors gathered outside of The Bell Hotel in Epping on Friday after the Court of Appeal overturned a temporary injunction that blocked asylum seekers from being housed there.

The Independent UK

Labour must act to close asylum hotels or face Reform poll gains, ex-minister warns

Charlie Falconer says government was right to challenge Epping hotel ruling but now has to ‘move forward’

The Guardian - UK

Arrests made following protests at Epping asylum hotel

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The Independent UK

Ministers brace for fresh protests and legal battles after asylum hotel ruling

Labour’s former lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, said people expected action.

Evening Standard

Three men arrested after officers injured at Epping hotel protest

The protest outside the Bell Hotel came after the Government won a court challenge that means asylum seekers can continue to be housed there.

Evening Standard

Two men charged after police officers injured at Epping asylum hotel protest

Two men have been charged and another remains in custody following the protests

The Independent UK

Ministers faced with fresh protests and legal battles after asylum hotel ruling

Three appeal judges described the previous judgment as ‘seriously flawed in principle’ and said the hotel could continue to be used to house migrants.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Asylum hotels must still be emptied – but in an orderly fashion

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Accommodating those who must wait for the Home Office to work through a backlog of claims will inevitably risk unpopularity. But now the government has won its appeal against the closure of one protest-hit Epping hotel, Yvette Cooper must be allowed to proceed with phasing out…

The Guardian - UK

Epping hotel asylum case: what has the court of appeal decided and why?

Temporary injunction has been set aside but council’s challenge will still proceed to a trial

Euronews

UK government wins appeal over ruling that would have blocked migrants staying in Epping hotel

The government was particularly worried that the High Court decision could have been a catalyst for other similar decisions around the country, which would have thrown its policies for housing asylum-seekers into disarray.

Evening Standard

Government have ‘let down’ Epping residents over asylum hotel – council leader

Councillor Christopher Whitbread said he was ‘deeply disappointed’ after a Court of Appeal ruling on Friday.

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Starmer warned he must shut migrant hotels or face losing Labour voters to Reform

Labour grandee Lord Falconer tells PM to take action over migrant crisis after government won Court of Appeal challenge over Epping hotel

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The key events that led to the Epping asylum seeker injunction being overturned

A temporary injunction that was set to block asylum seekers from being housed at a hotel in Epping, Essex was overturned at the Court of Appeal.

Evening Standard

Ministers face backlash after Epping asylum hotel injunction overturned

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said that Sir Keir Starmer ‘puts the rights of illegal immigrants above the rights of British people’.

Evening Standard

Epping asylum seeker hotel injunction overturned at Court of Appeal

Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, challenged a temporary injunction at the Court of Appeal.

The Independent UK

UK government wins appeal over ruling that would have blocked asylum-seekers staying in hotel

Britain’s Court of Appeal has overturned a temporary injunction that would have blocked asylum-seekers from being housed at a hotel northeast of London

Evening Standard

Epping hotel protest leads to arrests after asylum ruling overturned

The local council has said it is ‘ruling nothing out’ following the Court of Appeal decision

Evening Standard

Minister: Disorderly discharge from asylum hotels could put migrants on streets

Somani Hotels – which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping – and the Home Office are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling.

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