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Created: 2025-07-21 22:01:33 UTC

“It’s a powder keg now and we need to get something done. We need the Home Office to listen”

After days of protest, Epping Forest District Council Leader Chris Whitbread tells Newsnight he wants to see the asylum seeker hotel in his area closed.

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