Residents of a sleepy village where asylum seekers have been put in new £270,000 town houses complete with en-suite bathrooms, electric vehicle charging points and underfloor heating were say the decision has divided the community in two.
Somewhat bemused to find themselves at the centre of an international immigration furore where even Elon Musk has ridiculed Keir Starmer's migration policy, they say the decision to house legal migrants in four brand-new houses in Suffolk has brought simmering tensions to the surface.
Some are pleased to welcome families – none of whom arrived in Britain illegally – into their midst.
But others complain that the disparity between handing out rent-free, eco-friendly properties to foreigners, while young Britons languish on the council house waiting lists, is beyond the pale.
When locals first saw that four new houses were being built on a brownfield site near the railway line, many thought they would eventually be bought by young families.
