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Following today’s court decision over the asylum hotel in Epping, do you think Yvette Cooper should resign as Home Secretary?

The Home Office and the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping have won a legal appeal that means the building can remain open as an accommodation for asylum seekers.

Three senior judges have ruled that Yvette Cooper’s department can intervene in the case related to a temporary injunction concerning the town in Essex.

Somani Hotels, which owns the property, and the Home Office sought to challenge a High Court ruling which would have prevented 138 asylum seekers from being housed there beyond September 12.

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Nigel Farage has exploded with fury following an appeal’s judge decision. Responding to the seismic decision by the court, Mr Farage said the government “has used ECHR against the people of Epping.”

He blasted: “Illegal migrants have more rights than the British people under Starmer.”

This week saw Reform UK unveil its plan for mass deportations of illegal migrants from Britain, which would require leaving the European Convention on Human Rights and displaying a number of other international refugee treaties. Deputy Reform UK leader Richard Tice agreed that judges had sided “with illegal migrants against British people”, adding “Only Reform UK can be trusted to end this insanity.”

This comes after weeks of protests at the asylum seeker hotel, where there have been chants of “send them back” and “go home”. Many protestors have been arrested for violence, with projectiles thrown and police injured.

Asylum seekers staying in hotels have said they are “very afraid to leave” due to the possibility they will face violence from far-right protestors.