Overview

• The Home Office granted Havant Borough Council a ten-day extension after its contractor, Clearsprings, misaddressed the consultation email.
• Council leader Phil Munday will meet Home Office officials to deliver a formal response on the plan to convert the former Peacocks shop into accommodation for 35 asylum seekers.
• Suella Braverman has gathered over 10,000 petition signatures and branded the proposals “outrageous”, “reckless” and “insulting to local people”.
• Protest organisers plan to gather next week on Waterlooville high street to oppose the accommodation scheme.
• The dispute reflects the government’s broader shift from hotel-based asylum housing to medium-sized community sites after the Rwanda plan was scrapped.