Ministers said they had lodged planning permission to turn RAF Barnham, RAF Linton-on-Ouse and a former Army barracks in Bicester into accommodation for asylum seekers.

The climbdown is the latest development in The Labour Party's plan to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029

Planning permission has been sought for three additional military sites

Former military bases, Bicester, Barnham and Linton-on-Ouse, singled out for asylum seeker housing

Ministers said they had lodged planning permission to turn RAF Barnham, RAF Linton-on-Ouse and a former Army barracks in Bicester into accommodation for asylum seekers.

The Home Office is seeking planning permission to use MOD Bicester in Oxfordshire, RAF Barnham in Suffolk and RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire to house asylum seekers as it…

The news comes ahead of fresh immigration reforms to be introduced to parliament next week

Government seeking planning permission at sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire