Epping Forest District Council leader Chris Whitbread, speaking outside the Royal Court of Justice in London last month A council seeking to stop an Epping hotel from housing asylum seekers has lost a ...

Over recent weeks, the interim injunction to halt the housing of asylum seekers at the Bell hotel in Epping has thrown government plans into crisis. The Home Office has now successfully appealed this ...

Jailed hotel asylum seeker ‘last seen in London’ after mistaken release - Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released from prison ...

Epping Forest District Council has asked for permission to take its case against a hotel housing asylum seekers to the Supreme Court. Thousands of people have protested outside The Bell Hotel in ...

Councils across England are poised to take legal action to remove asylum seekers from hotels in their areas. It follows the High Court granting a district council a temporary injunction to block ...

An injunction temporarily blocking asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel could spark further protests, the Court of Appeal has been told. Lawyers for the Home Office and The Bell Hotel in ...

Council chiefs have launched a new offensive in the battle to close a controversial migrant hotel in Essex. Epping Forest District Council is seeking to take its case to the Supreme Court as the ...

EXCLUSIVE: On Tuesday, the High Court granted a temporary injunction preventing any further placements of asylum seekers at the Bell Hotel in Epping. A landmark High Court ruling has set a “national ...

Jonathan Darling has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. He is affiliated with the No Accommodation Network as a trustee. Over recent weeks, the interim injunction to halt ...