Overview
- The Home Office has earmarked Crowborough Training Camp to accommodate several hundred single men, with reports citing 540 to 600 places.
- Organisers said about 2,000 people joined the second weekend march, chanting “Starmer out,” and Sussex Police reported no arrests.
- A public meeting days earlier turned heated, with private security intervening, as residents voiced safety fears, installed panic alarms, and warned of GP pressures.
- Officials apologised for poor communication and say residents would face security checks, with a community impact assessment under way and a 12-month use proposed.
- Campaign group Crowborough Shield has raised more than £12,000 toward legal action, while NGOs warn barracks sites near firearms training risk retraumatising people.