Labour's asylum policy was left in chaos after a judge ordered a controversial migrant hotel to shut.
The High Court ruling gives The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, just 24 days to close after it became the focus of violent protests.
Epping Forest District Council's victory could open the floodgates to a series of similar legal actions against other migrant hotels across the country. Ministers scrambled to respond after an 11th-hour Home Office bid to block the action was thrown out.
Government lawyers warned the court that granting the injunction on a planning technicality 'runs the risk of acting as an impetus for further violent protests'.
Intensifying the pressure on Labour, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he hoped it gave 'inspiration to others across the country'.
