in two former military bases in essex and lincolnshire and at a separate site in east sussex in a bid to cut rising hotel bills. the immigration minister, robertjenrick, says the bases could hold several thousand people. the refugee council, warns the plans are entirely unsuitable, but mrjenrick insists the use of military bases is in the national interest, with more than £6 million a day currently being spent on hotels. our political editor, chris mason, has our top story. this is where migrants could soon be living in essex, a former air force base, raf wethersfield, which the government wants to turn into accommodation for asylum seekers, with 1,700 people here eventually. the plan is big sites providing cheap, basic housing. we have to deliver them, to save the british public from spending eye watering amounts accommodating illegal migrants. and we have to deliver them to prevent a pull factor