A COUNCIL’S High Court action to attempt to stop asylum seekers from living at an Essex hotel has cost £277,425 so far, the BBC has learned.
Epping Forest District Council won an interim injunction to close The Bell Hotel in Epping to migrants in August, but it was overturned by the Court of Appeal.
The council lost its most recent High Court challenge and is looking to appeal against that decision.
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