Epping Forest District Council obtained a temporary injunction preventing people being placed at the Bell Hotel in Epping. The court rejected a last-minute effort by the Home Secretary to intervene and dismiss the council's case. The government is seeking permission to be allowed to appeal and may then challenge the ruling itself. The Home Secretary said closures of asylum hotels must be done in a properly managed, orderly programme to avoid displaced problems and past chaos. A senior Home Office source described the issue as a matter of "democracy." Somani Hotels is also seeking permission to appeal.
as part of an orderly, planned and sustained programme that avoids simply creating problems for other areas or local councils as a result of piecemeal court decisions or a return to the kind of chaos which led to so many hotels being opened in the first place
That is the reason for the Home Office appeal in this case, to ensure that going forward, the closure of all hotels can be done in a properly managed way right across the country.
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