NIGEL Farage is ready to go to court to stop asylum seekers being housed in Reform-run areas.
A legal battle with Ministers is now on the cards within 100 days in a major push to close
Nigel Farage is joined on stage by Andrea Jenkins
Reform party leader Nigel Farage celebrates as the party wins the Runcorn and Helsby by-election results at Halton StadiumThe battle-hardy tactics were revealed by party chair Zia Yusuf who revealed “every instrument of power”; will be deployed by local authorities.
The move follows Sir Keir Starmer declaring he would bring asylum hotels, costing £5.5 million PER DAY, to an end in an election pledge.
winning control of ten local authorities.
Mr Yusuf told the BBC: “Those levers of power will be pulled with all of our might by , we’ll use every instrument of power available to us to stop it.
“And there are things you can do, there are judicial reviews, there are injunctions, there’s a lot of different things can be done, things around planning.”;
He conceded that the “levers of power”; were greater from Westminster but attempts would be made despite contracts between the Home Office and accommodation providers.
He told the BBC: “You know, â there has been litigation around this already.
“A lot of these hotels, when you suddenly turn them into something else, which is essentially a hostel that falls foul of any number of regulations.
And that’s what our teams of lawyers are exploring at the moment.”;
He said his party had pledged to “resist”; housing asylum seekers in Reform controlled areas.
Mr Yusuf told The Telegraph the legal action could be launched by the autumn.
He said: “Reform-controlled councils will launch the resistance to the dispersal of illegal immigrants into their communities within their first 100 days.”;
The victories last week, including the Runcorn by-election, led Mr Farage to insist he was on course to be Prime Minister.
said it was feasible that Mr Farage could enter Downing Street â saying Anthony Albanese came back to win there having been written off.
She told the BBC: “As I said, anything is feasible. Anthony Albanese: people were writing him off. He has just won a landslide, but my job is to make sure that he (Farage) does not become prime minister because he does not have the answers to the problems the country is facing.”;
Farage celebrates as Reform Party candidate Sarah Pochin is declared the winner of the Runcorn and Helsby by-election
Sir Keir Starmer declared he would bring asylum hotels to an end in an election pledge
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