RAF Wethersfield in Essex
TWO councils which object to Home Office plans for housing asylum-seekers on local redundant RAF bases will continue to fight against the plans in court, it was revealed today.
West Lindsey District Council lost the first round of a High Court fight on Thursday over proposals for land at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire.
And Braintree District Council, in Essex, recently lost a similar High Court fight over plans for Wethersfield Airfield.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
