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Live News,29 Aug 2025,30 mins

Epping Hotel ruling: a real win for the government?

Newsnight

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Victory for the Government over housing refugees at the Bell Hotel - but will it end up feeling like a defeat? Plus, Essex county council say staff should speak out if they feel unsettled by the St George’s cross – just how controversial is England’s national flag? And the shocking story of deceased babies kept in the home of a funeral director who is now banned from NHS maternity wards in Leeds. One couple speaks to Newsnight about their experience. With Joe Pike.

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