Up next in 10
WATCH: Richard Tice details Reform UK's latest legal move against migrant hotels
Aug 31, 2025
Richard Tice has exclusively revealed to GB News that a Reform-led council will be pursuing legal action against the Government over the use of migrant hotels.Speaking to the People's Channel, Reform UK's deputy leader told host Andrew Pierce that the action could be completed as early as "tomorrow evening".FULL STORY HERE.
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:00
Now, we saw, it was reported at the weekend
0:03
that a number of other councils plan to follow the example of Epping Forest
0:06
and challenge the government, the Home Office, over migrant hotels. Are they right to do that, bearing in mind Epping has lost the second stage
0:16
Well, every situation is slightly different, but I can exclusively reveal to you, Andrew, this morning
0:20
that one of our councils will be submitting injunctions by tomorrow evening
0:25
Right. That's the information that I've got. They've carried out a reform-led council. A reform-led council will be submitting injunctions, we believe, by tomorrow evening
0:33
Can you tell us which one? Not at this stage, but it's fast-moving
0:37
There's a lot of legal work being done. Every situation is slightly different, so in some cases it may not work
0:45
But we're doing everything we can. That's what people voted us to do, whether it's find the savings
0:50
look after their interests, defend and protect our women and girls. That's what reform will do
0:55
OK, so they get kicked out of the hotel. Where do they go? Are they then going to go in council properties
0:59
What the government should do is listen and learn from reforms policy We need to detain these people in disused facilities remote facilities nowhere near any residence
1:11
If you won't tell us where you're going to put them. They will be remote. That's what we will clearly say
1:17
Because we're not going to go through a whole list of places and tick them off, otherwise you end up with nowhere left
1:22
in the United Kingdom. But they will be remote, away from residents. That's the key thing. That's how you keep people safe
1:29
and this is really important and we're all worried about safety, whether it's outside hotels
1:34
Look at this. This is a new summer toy I've got, Andrew. This is a device to stop someone stealing my phone
1:39
when you're walking down the streets because phone theft is so huge. Well, are you linking that directly to migrants
1:45
I'm not actually. I'm just linking it directly to the breakdown in law and order in this country
1:50
Britain is lawless. We've been running a campaign through the summer highlighting this
1:55
and regrettably there have been serious incidents allegedly carried out by people who are illegally
2:05
claiming asylum some of them living in these hotels Of course not everybody no one saying that but you have to keep our residents our women and girls safe and they not at the moment in some areas What about the idea from some that you in reform are deliberately fomenting
2:20
the unrest outside these hotels? Absolute twaddle. We've always said that any protest
2:26
should be lawful and peaceful. We all recognise and want that. But actually, isn't it interesting
2:33
that the first judge at Epping, he recognised the power of lawful, peaceful protest
2:39
And he recognised that actually it was a genuine expression, legitimate expression by mums and dads about the safety of their children
2:49
And I think that's what democracy is all about, where if you're not happy with something, then you can speak up about it
2:57
That's what free speech is all about. um the judge in when they chucked out the epping forest case made the point that um if these
3:05
migrants are moved out it this will provoke civil unrest so better to keep them in in in safe in the in the how that working out so far mr bean i mean talk about Bean by name and Bean by nature I mean seriously we know that there are protests going on all up and down the
3:23
country. There was a significant protest in Skegness, at the Skegness, as you were, in my own constituency
3:28
yesterday. And these are going up and down the country. So the proof is in the pudding. At the
3:34
moment, people have had enough. And that's why we're leading in the polls by 15% and the poll
3:40
out in the last couple of days ahead of Labour because people recognise that people shouldn't
3:46
be here legally. They need to be detained. They need to be deported. And they should
3:50
be held in remote places until that happens. And you've got to rapidly process people and
3:56
reject their false, fake applications. And what we've seen with Labour is the number
4:01
of crossings is up 50% this year. Hotel use is up as opposed to down. They're now using
4:08
the law to say that the rights of migrants and asylum seekers, that outweighs and trumps
4:14
the rights of British citizens. And their backlog of applications has gone up
4:19
So at every metric, they failed
#news