Northern Ireland faces a permacrisis from recurring race riots and may need to use military bases to shelter people burnt out of their homes, government documents reveal. Officials fear the region faces prolonged instability and that a single incident, local or international, could spark widespread disorder. The stark warnings say some displaced families have gone off-grid for security and that authorities may struggle to provide safe emergency accommodation if renewed unrest erupts.
Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, is determinedto stick to her plan after the Epping ruling and its consequences, a source said. We have a plan and we're sticking to it to close asylum hotels by the end of the parliament. This is one narrow court judgment that happened yesterday. We're not being knocked off course, this is our manifesto commitment, the source said.
