Politics · 3 hours ago
Angela Rayner Approves 1,256-Bed Asylum Site Next To Piddington Village
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Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has granted planning permission for the Home Office to house up to 1,256 asylum seekers at the former MoD Bicester depot in Oxfordshire. Neighbouring Piddington, home to about 350 people, had fought the plan for months and staged a mock vote to leave the UK. The Home Office says a final decision on opening the site has not yet been taken.
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