Epping hotel must continue housing asylum seekers

Asylum seekers can continue living at an Essex hotel after a council lost a landmark legal battle to remove them at the High Court.

Epping Forest District Council sought to block migrants lodging at The Bell Hotel in Epping by arguing its owner had flouted planning rules.

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