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Planned asylum centre near Oxfordshire village to face legal challenge

Planned asylum centre near Oxfordshire village to face legal challenge

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Parish council of village that declared independence from UK over centre says it will ‘absolutely’ launch legal actionUK politics – live updatesMinisters will face a legal challenge over plans to convert a Ministry of Defence site near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington into accommodation for more than 1,200 detained asylum seekers.It emerged on Thursday that Angela Rayner, the housing and communities secretary…

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