Oxfordshire villagers to launch legal fight against asylum centre plan

Parish council of Piddington, which symbolically voted to leave UK over plan, says it will ‘absolutely’ take legal action

Ministers will face a legal challenge over plans to convert a Ministry of Defence site near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington into accommodation for more than 1,200 detained asylum seekers.


It emerged on Thursday that Angela Rayner, the housing and communities secretary, had approved full planning permission, a decision welcomed by the Home Office, who want to end the use of asylum hotels.

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