Two more councils have taken legal action to stop hotels from being used to house asylum seekers.

Fenland DC has filed an application for an interim injunction after learning the Rose and Crown Hotel in Wisbech Market Place had secured a Home Office contract to accommodate people seeking asylum.

The council will argue that the hotel is 'wholly unsuitable' to house vulnerable people and the change of use is a breach of planning law.

Council leader Chris Boden said: 'We are in a rural location, with very limited hotel accommodation and transport links, and we already have significant issues with migrant exploitation and human trafficking, which would put any people placed here at risk.'

North Northamptonshire Council has also made an application to the High Court for an interim injunction to prevent the Royal Hotel in Kettering being used to house asylum seekers.