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Country house spa hotel WON'T house 300 asylum seekers after MP and council object

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A country house hotel on the outskirts of Bolton will not be used for asylum seeker accommodation after intervention from an MP and Bolton Council.

Last week, it emerged that the Mercure Bolton Georgian House Hotel on Manchester Road, Blackrod, had voluntarily offered to use its rooms and facilities to house people being processed by the Home Office for asylum.

However, having learned of the Mercure offer, the leadership of Bolton Council and Chris Green, MP for Bolton West and Atherton, said they had worked together to prevent any contract with government agencies from taking place.

The MP said earlier today that after talks with immigration ministers he could confirm that the Home Office will not be taking up the hotel’s offer.

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