Peter Kyle Can’t Name a Single Alternative to Migrant Hotels Amid Epping Protests – Guido Fawkes

LISTEN: Peter Kyle Can’t Name a Single Alternative to Migrant Hotels Amid Epping Protests

Science Secretary Peter Kyle was grilled on LBC this morning about Labour’s plan to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers following the Epping protests. Asked if he could provide any examples of temporary accommodation for migrants, like Starmer earlier this week, he couldn’t:

“Well, there are housing opportunities around the country. We have to we have to make sure that they are prioritised. Now, of course, we have local authorities that do have the power to prioritise housing allocation. So, those people in the greatest need locally will always come top of the list.”

Meanwhile, one man was arrested last night following another protest in Epping. Epping Forest District Council voted unanimously last night to demand the government shuts The Bell hotel – which houses asylum seekers – down. Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst has also written to Yvette Cooper calling for all migrants to be removed from the site. Powder keg…