A council has warned it could be forced to effectively declare bankruptcy if it has to fund housing for thousands of people of Chagossian descent.
Crawley BC said if it was required to provide housing for the 4,000 people the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has estimated will come to the borough it would ‘likely’ force the local authority to issue a section 114 notice.
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