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    Council in new legal challenge over Government’s RAF Scampton migrant plans

    by Callum Parke Feb 02, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    A district council has launched a fresh legal challenge over Government plans to extend the use of a former RAF airbase as accommodation for asylum seekers for a further three years.

    Councillors on West Lindsey District Council (WLDC) voted unanimously in favour of resisting attempts by the Home Office to gain planning permission to house asylum seekers at RAF Scampton, near Lincoln, until at least April 2027.

    The authority criticised Government plans to use legislation to secure permission for the extension,

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