David Landon Cole, interim secretary of Huntingdon Constituency Labour Party said: “Britain has a proud history of offering safe havens to the persecuted and of treating...
NE Cambs MP Steve Barclay and Peterborough MP Paul Bristow among first to hear two hotels will no longer house asylum seekers
MP Paul Bristow said: “Today I reiterate my plea to Government to stand down this hotel - and I have met with council leadership to put...
Described as “a place to unwind, let your hair down and enjoy some valuable ‘me’ time,” a 136-bedroom 4-star hotel on the outskirts of Cambridge is...
Peterborough MP Paul Bristow has renewed his attack on the Great Northern hotel in the city for being used to house up to 80 asylum seekers....
Only 17 of the 21 original asylum seekers remain at the Rose and Crown Hotel, Wisbech, according to Wisbech Conservatives. In a newsletter to residents the...
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The Home Office says it has abandoned an attempt to secure a second hotel in Wisbech for asylum seekers. Fenland District Council confirmed today they had...
Wisbech has fallen. Not my words but those from one of many hundreds of comments on Facebook groups in and around this Fenland market town. It’s...
Fenland Council will learn today the outcome of its High Court bid to stop a Wisbech hotel housing asylum seekers. The council is trying to block...
Paul Bristow dismissed a request that he and other Conservative MPs should stop naming hotels which are housing asylum seekers. The Peterborough MP tweeted tonight: “The...
Asylum seekers have arrived at the 3-star Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough, to be greeted – online and on TV – by a barrage of criticism from...
A High Court ruling today looks certain to put paid to Fenland District Council’s hopes of obtaining an interim injunction to stop a Wisbech hotel from...
It remains touch and go if Fenland District Council will obtain an interim injunction to stop the Rose & Crown Hotel, Wisbech, from being used to...
Two months ago, Fenland Council rejected a legal challenge to stop asylum seekers being housed here – but today all that changed. The council, despite previously...
The 67-bedroom Dolphin Hotel, St Ives, has stopped taking bookings after being given a Government contract to house asylum seekers. The hotel, 13 miles from Cambridge,...
Fenland District Council signalled a head-on clash with Government over plans to house asylum seekers in March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Wisbech and numerous villages.