It had said it intended to use the site to house up to 1,700 single male asylum seekers for up to one year at MDP Wethersfield near Braintree in Essex. Braintree District Council said the Home ...

the Conservative MP for Braintree, said when he was in cabinet he opposed the decision in 2023 to open the asylum seeker accommodation at a former air base near Wethersfield, Essex, but was ...

Braintree Council will challenge the Home Office plan to allow up to 1,700 people be placed at Wethersfield in north Essex. The authority ... who lives near the former base. Housing migrants ...

The government has proposed two new prisons for more than 3,400 male inmates near ... Essex air base. Prisons Minister Victoria Atkins has published plans for the category B and C jails in ...

The Home Office wants to place 1,700 adult male migrants at MDP Wethersfield in rural Essex, making it the UK's largest asylum accommodation centre. Braintree ... who lives near the airfield.

The Home Office has confirmed that it is continuing to carry out work on RAF Wethersfield, near Braintree in Essex, that ...

These are the first pictures of a former RAF airbase being turned into asylum seeker accommodation for 1,700 people in Essex ... to Wethersfield Airfield, around eight miles from Braintree ...

Four migrants who were housed in the government’s flagship asylum site RAF Wethersfield have taken ... in gallery The former airbase near Braintree, Essex is being used to house male asylum ...

At an old airbase in a rural corner of Essex, it's been a busy week. Trees have been cut down, barriers put up and windows replaced in disused accommodation blocks. For the residents living nearby ...

Two 'mega prisons' holding thousands of inmates could be built around an RAF airbase in Essex, according ... for the new jails at Wethersfield airbase in Braintree. We believe that, following ...

The first 46 asylum seekers have arrived at a former RAF airbase in Essex as it is brought into use. The arrivals on Wednesday to Wethersfield Airfield, around eight miles from Braintree ...

near her constituency, would not be a suitable location. The Tory former Home Secretary told the Commons: “I am an Essex MP and I’m the other MP for Braintree district. Wethersfield is not ...