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A HOMELESS failed-asylum seeker has lost his court battle with the council for interim accommodation. The visually-impaired man, who spent most nights at Brighton Station, asked the council for interim accommodation under the “everyone-in” Covid policy.
Brighton and Hove City Council had previously pledged that Covid emergency accommodation is available for everyone who needs it . The council refused the request as he was in the UK “unlawfully” and had not gone through a statutory scheme for failed asylum seekers by filling in a 32-page form. A judge sided with the council after the case was taken to the high-court. The Argus asked the council how much this cost the taxpayer, but we did not receive an answer.
A COUNCIL leader has told primary schools to prepare for a shutdown as coronavirus infection rates continue to soar. Phelim Mac Cafferty has written to the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to include schools in Brighton and Hove in contingency plans. The Brighton and Hove City Council leader has formally requested that children in the city are not sent back to their classrooms on Monday. His letter has been backed by the Green Party councillors in Brighton and Hove. Mr Williamson has faced increasing pressure over children returning to school for the start of the new term.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is under pressure to close schools as coronavirus cases soar