Following recent reports of a man, who is reported to be living at the Bell Hotel, Epping, recently being charged for acting in appropriately towards a teenager in Epping High Street on Tuesday afternoon and further incidents inlcuding  another teenager and a woman, Epping Forest District Council has repeated their call for the Home Office to close asylum seeker hotels, of which the Bell Hotel is one.

The council has:

• Written directly to the Home Secretary
• Held an urgent meeting with Home Office officials
• Called upon local MPs to support its initiative
• Raised a petition calling for a debate in the House of Commons
• Prepared a motion to the next council meeting calling on all councillors to support demands for the immediate closure of the Bell and Phoenix asylum seeker hotels

You can find more details of the incidents on the Essex Police website https://www.essex.police.uk/?(none

And for the petiion you can find this at https://www.eppingforestdc.gov.ukc