Migrant hotels have been the talk of the week after the High Court granted Epping Forest district council a temporary injunction on Tuesday – meaning the asylum seeker residents of Essex’s Bell Hotel must be moved within 24 days. It’s a landmark ruling that will have significant ramifications for the rest of the country – with just under 30 other councils considering similar legal action. Talk about getting the ball rolling…

Politicians have been quick to make use of the situation for political point scoring, with shadow home secretary Chris Philp attacking Labour for ‘tearing up the deterrents the Conservatives put in place’. This prompted a heated response from a Home Office source: ‘Philp was the first immigration minister to move asylum seekers into this hotel, Robert Jenrick was the

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