The Reform UK leader of Lancashire County Council says the authority is “awaiting further information” about a legal ruling on asylum hotels before taking any local action in response to it.

Mr Norton, who lives in the Havant area, spent more than three years in senior public office before suddenly stepping down last month.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called on Tory local councils to take inspiration from the Epping legal ruling to launch challenges of their own against the use of asylum hotels. The opposition ...