Labour abandon plans to house dozens of asylum seekers in £250K properties in Stoke Heath

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Labour abandon plans to house dozens of asylum seekers in £250K properties in Stoke Heath.

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Labour has abandoned plans to house dozens of asylum seekers in Stoke Heath's "Migrant Street".Mark Pritchard, the Conservative MP for The Wrekin, has confirmed the Government will not go forward with plans to move migrants into the home.The scrapping of the plan to house 83 illegal migrants in the new-build homes came after protestations from local residents, Shropshire Council, and Mr Pritchard himself.He said on social media: "Just received a call from the Asylum Minister confirming following my 'extensive representations' the Government is scrapping all plans to house asylum seekers in Stoke Heath.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "This is a victory for common sense, the local community, and hard parliamentary representation."One family which already had moved into a new-build home had already been relocated.Shropshire Council also confirmed that, after a review, the Home Office had withdrawn the Dutton Close area from the Asylum Dispersal Programme.The council said it recognised...

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