Councils 'should get say over child refugees'

By Sam Clayden | 27 April 2016

Local authorities could get a say over the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children taken in by the UK after a House of Lords vote.

After a string of Lords victories on the Housing and Planning Bill, a cross-party coalition of peers yesterday dealt a blow to the Government’s Immigration Bill. 

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