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A defence minister has refused to rule out using RAF Scampton and other military sites to house asylum seekers. Luke Pollard, ...
Defence minister Luke Pollard says the MoD is reviewing sites like RAF Scampton after the plans were scrapped by Labour ...
Ministers are in talks with councils to take over the £5bn government contracts to house asylum seekers and end the use of ...
A district council has ordered the Home Office to stop work on a former RAF base which is set to house migrants after accusing it of breaching planning rules. West Lindsey District Council said it ...
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paused the sale of a former World War Two RAF station in Lincolnshire while it reconsiders ...
Locals in communities surrounding RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire believe they have been deliberately excluded from the discussions - and staged protests outside the base on Thursday.
The failed attempt to house asylum seekers on the RAF Scampton site has cost the Home Office at least £48m, figures reveal. In 2024 the Labour government scrapped the previous Conservative ...
The company which hopes to bring new life to RAF Scampton has warned that transformation plans are at a ‘critical moment’ and could be at risk. Scampton Holdings, which is working with West Lindsey ...
The government plans to put the former RAF Scampton up for sale on the open market, to the anger of local leaders. West Lindsey District Council had hoped to imminently buy the home of the Dambusters ...
A council has lost its bid for an injunction against work to prepare RAF Scampton for asylum seekers. The High Court refused the application by West Lindsey District Council at a hearing on ...