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The government's plans to create a series of accommodation centres for asylum seekers were delivered a blow last week.

The High Court gave Cherwell Council permission to launch a judicial review against the decision by deputy prime minister John Prescott to approve the development of an accommodation centre at Piddington, near Bicester.

The council said that Prescott's decision went against a number of the findings of an independent public inquiry into the plans, carried out last March.

The hearing will begin between 1 March and 7 April.