Minister ‘won’t be two-faced’ about government policy amid asylum centre dispute

Huw Merriman acknowledged there was anger among voters in his Bexhill and Battle constituency.

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A minister has said he does not want to be “two-faced” about the Government’s migration policy amid a backlash over plans to locate an asylum seeker accommodation centre in his own constituency.

Huw Merriman acknowledged there was anger among voters in Bexhill and Battle after it was proposed that the area would host one of four facilities.

The rail minister said that as a member of the Government responsible for delivering such policies, he supported the move.