Labour’s hope of sending up to 300 asylum seekers to a military base in the Scottish Highlands is at risk of being blocked.
The plan to house people at Cameron Barracks in Inverness does not have the required multiple occupancy (HMO) licence, according to the local rural council.
The Home Office has also failed to “do its homework” to meet separate planning regulations in Scotland, claimed a former SNP minister opposed to the barracks plan.
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Refugee charities – condemning barracks as “entirely unsuitable places”- hope the row in the Highlands can force a nationwide Labour U-turn on asylum policy.
