ARSONISTS are believed to have attacked a site earmarked for asylum-seekers, after a local council leader claimed the government was trying to “soften us up” by saying it would be for women and children.Cambridgeshire Police confirmed today that a fire which “severely damaged” an unoccupied single-storey building in the village of Leverington on Wednesday was being treated as arson.Fenland District Council has formally objected to Home Office proposals for the site to provide 26-bed accommodation for women and babies as “not suitable to house and support asylum-seekers.”

ARSONISTS are believed to have attacked a site earmarked for asylum-seekers, after a local council leader claimed the government was trying to “soften us up” by saying it would be for women and children.

Cambridgeshire Police confirmed today that a fire which “severely damaged” an unoccupied single-storey building in the village of Leverington on Wednesday was being treated as arson.

Fenland District Council has formally objected to Home Office proposals for the site to provide 26-bed accommodation for women and babies as “not suitable to house and support asylum-seekers.”

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