Injunction to remove people from Essex hotel leads to government considering other housing options
Labour-run councils are considering legal challenges to close hotels housing asylum seekers after a landmark ruling prompted officials to consider increasing the use of former military sites as emergency accommodation.
Wirral and Tamworth councils said they are exploring high court injunctions to remove claimants after the Conservative-run authority in Epping Forest won a temporary high court injunction to remove people from the Bell Hotel.
The developments come after the Home Office minister, Dan Jarvis, said the government is looking at alternative options if there is a flurry of successful challenges from councils.
Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, is determinedto stick to her plan after the Epping ruling and its consequences, a source said.
