The Government is scrambling to come up with alternative accommodation for asylum seekers , as council chiefs across England look at legal challenges to block the use of hotels .

Sir Keir Starmer has been warned of a “political nightmare” ahead after Epping Forest District Council was granted a High Court injunction to halt the Home Office’s housing of asylum seekers at The Bell Hotel .

Nigel Farage said local authorities run by Reform UK will launch their own legal challenges. Both Labour and Conservative councils are also exploring the same option. New Feature

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Labour ministers will have to speed up their search for alternative accommodation, having previously vowed to gradually phase out asylum hotel use by 2029.

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