Asylum camp approved near Piddington village that voted to leave UK in protest

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A new asylum camp has been approved near a village in rural Oxfordshire that ‘left the UK’ over the plans.

Piddington held the vote in September as the government eyed up MOD Bicester to place 1,256 lone male asylum seekers.

MP Greg Smith announced on Facebook this evening that Housing Secretary Angela Rayner had approved the controversial scheme.

Smith said the decision showed the Government ‘don’t give a stuff’ about residents of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

‘This is totally outrageous and proves this government don’t give two hoots about us here in Bucks,’ he said.

‘I will keep working on two fronts – firstly to explore every avenue to get this decision overturned and secondly work with our police to ensure our villages are properly protected when the camp is opened up.

In her letter, Rayner said she had approved the project ‘subject to conditions’.

Her Tory counterpart, shadow home secretary Chris Philip, called the move ‘sickening’.

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