Reform and Tory spokesmen in angry clash over immigration at Piddington
Summary
Conservative MP Chris Philp and Reform UK spokesman Zia Yusuf argued publicly over immigration while opposing plans for asylum accommodation at a former military site near Piddington, Oxfordshire. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner approved a planning change for the site, but the Home Office said no final decision had been made about using it.Key Facts
- The proposal would allow accommodation for more than 1,200 asylum seekers at the former MoD Bicester site.
- Piddington Parish Council chairman Tim McNally led a press conference on Friday opposing the plans.
- Yusuf asked Philp to apologise for the Conservatives’ immigration record in government.
- Philp said a future Conservative government would close the accommodation if it opened under Labour.
- Philp said the asylum seekers who might be housed at the site would have arrived in the UK while Labour was in power.
- The parish council expects to bring a legal challenge to the planning decision.
- Piddington, a village of about 350 people, symbolically voted to leave the UK in September over the proposed use of the site.
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