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Permission for council to appeal over Epping hotel decision refused

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

Evening Standard

Epping council refused permission to appeal asylum hotel decision

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

The Independent UK

Council leader calls for protests to end at Essex asylum hotel

Chris Whitbread says Epping families ‘need respite’ while officials press case in the courts

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Council leader urges calm in Epping protests as schools return

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

The Independent UK

London commuter belt town is 'following Epping's path' to shut down migrant hotel after court injunction

Conservative-run Broxbourne Council said it was taking legal advice ‘as a matter of urgency’ over a migrant hotel in Cheshunt

Evening Standard

Council leaders weigh up legal challenges to migrant hotels after Epping ruling

Broxbourne Council in Hertfordshire is the first to say it is taking legal advice after the High Court ruling on migrant hotels.

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage claims court ruling removing asylum seekers from hotel as 'victory'

NIGEL Farage has claimed a court decision allowing an English council to remove asylum seekers from a hotel as a “victory”.

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Government ‘does not have a plan’ to accommodate asylum seekers – council leader

Chris Whitbread was speaking after Epping Forest council was granted an injunction blocking asylum seekers from being housed at a local hotel.

Evening Standard

Ministers braced for further legal challenges after High Court Epping decision

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hailed the decision a ‘victory’.

Evening Standard

Interim High Court injunction lodged by council in bid to stop asylum hotel

Documents in relation to the Bell Hotel in Epping were lodged with the High Court in London on Tuesday, Epping Forest District Council said.

The Independent UK

Epping Council goes to High Court in bid to remove migrants from asylum hotel

Essex council applies for an interim High Court injunction in bid to stop asylum seekers from being housed at hotel that has been at the centre of protests

Evening Standard

Police commissioner joins council to demand closure of asylum hotels after 'multiple serious incidents'

Council leader Chris Whitbread said: ‘Repeated warnings to the Home Office about the unsuitability of both sites have gone unheeded’

Evening Standard

'It's a powder keg': Government warned UK faces another summer of riots after Epping migrant hotel violence

Epping Forest District Council leader Chris Whitbread described the Essex town as a ‘powder keg’ after violent demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday

Evening Standard

Police launch hate crime probe after security guard left bloodied during protest outside Epping migrant hotel

Two members of staff at The Bell Hotel were left seriously injured as anti-immigration protesters clashed with counter-demonstrators

Evening Standard

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