Councils granted permission for legal challenge over housing asylum seekers at disused airfields
- Braintree and West Lindsey councils are challenging plans to house asylum seekers at airfields in Essex and Lincolnshire.
- A High Court judge granted the councils permission to proceed with a legal challenge on two grounds.
- Concerns have been raised over healthcare access and wastewater at the Essex site, where asylum seekers recently arrived.
- The government is facing opposition over its immigration plans, including the Rwanda deportation policy.
- The ruling is seen as a setback for the government's efforts to house asylum seekers at disused sites.
Evening Standard 
