There has been no shortage of headlines about asylum seekers in the UK over the summer, and a major court decision yesterday ensured that won’t change soon.

Epping Forest District Council in Essex was granted a temporary injunction by the High Court, blocking the town’s Bell Hotel from housing asylum seekers.

This has the potential to explode into a major issue for the government.

According to the Home Office, around 210 hotels are being used to accommodate people who arrived in the UK illegally and claimed asylum.

They are staying there until officials determine if their claim is valid and they can be considered a refugee from a country where they would be unsafe.

If other councils across the country successfully take the same route as Epping – as many are floating – then the tens of

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