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Angela Rayner has approved plans for a controversial migrant camp – despite the village nearby symbolically voting to leave the UK in protest.
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village → approve → protest
The Housing Secretary gave the green light to plans to house up to 1,256 single male migrants at MoD Bicester in Oxfordshire.
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Secretary → give → Oxfordshire
She took the decision despite the overwhelming opposition of the local community in Piddington.
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She → take → Piddington
The move comes after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that people in more affluent areas of the UK must 'play their part' in housing asylum seekers.
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people → come → seekers
A letter sent to local Tory MP Greg Smith said: 'I am writing to inform you the Secretary of State has granted planning permission, subject to conditions, for the Home Office's application.'
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Secretary → send → application
The MoD Bicester site – one of three ex-military locations where the Home Office is proposing to house a total of 3,750 asylum seekers – was used as an MoD equipment storage facility.
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Office → propose → facility
Local residents pose with a 'Principality of Piddington' sign in the Oxfordshire village following the referendum result, on September 16
Angela Rayner has now approved plans for the controversial migrant camp - despite the village's symbolic vote
An aerial view of Piddington, with the MoD Bicester site in the background
It is situated next to Piddington Reserve – a field where children play football and locals walk their dogs, on the edge of the 350-strong village that has no shops or facilities beyond a church and community hall.
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that → pose → church
Residents voted in September to leave the UK in a symbolic referendum in response to the plans to locate asylum seekers for a minimum of ten years.
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Residents → vote → years
Ms Rayner decided to override those concerns despite residents suing the Government over the decision.
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residents → decide → decision
Campaigners claimed the Home Office broke the law by ignoring the potential threat to wildlife.
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Office → claim → wildlife
The Government has promised to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers and will utilise former military sites instead.
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Government → promise → sites
Two are up and running – Wethersfield in Essex, and Crowborough in East Sussex.
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Two → run → Sussex
Alongside MoD Bicester, sites at Barnham in Norfolk and at Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire have also been identified.
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sites → identify → Yorkshire
It is believed that decisions on these have not yet been made.
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decisions → believe → these
Local residents unveil a 'Principality of Piddington' sign in the village after they voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic 'referendum' in September
Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary, said: 'Angela Rayner and the Labour government have betrayed the people of Piddington and Bicester by abusing their emergency powers in this way.
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Rayner → unveil → way
Using emergency Crown planning powers to force a camp for 1,500 young male illegal migrants on to a tiny rural village is sickening.
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Using → use → village
I have met many women from the village who are scared for their safety – but Angela Rayner doesn't care.
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Rayner → meet → safety
'Instead of accommodating illegal immigrants, the Government should leave the ECHR so illegal immigrants can be deported.'
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immigrants → accommodate → ECHR
A Home Office spokesman said: 'Planning permission allows us to continue to progress the use of MoD Bicester.
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us → say → Bicester
'However, a final decision to proceed is yet to be taken.
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decision → proceed → ?
The Government is working on a fairer distribution of asylum accommodation across the country, with over £1billion saved in costs since the election.
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1billion → work → election
This includes closing all asylum hotels.'
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This → include → hotels
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