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Dudley councillors' claims they have no say on how many asylum seekers the borough takes have been questioned by an MP.

Labour MP for Dudley Sonia Kumar told the Local Democracy Reporting Service local authorities do have an opportunity to influence the placement process.

Dudley's Conservative cabinet member for housing dismissed the claim and insists the MP got it wrong.

Ms Kumar said: "The council does have an opportunity to reject people that are coming to be housed in the borough, there is a consultation.

"The Home Office will say 'there is X of people – this is the capacity, you should take these on'.

"The council does have a consultation period, I'm not saying they have got the ins and outs of this – they can reject people and say this is not appropriate."

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