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Village votes on UK independence over asylum housing

An Oxfordshire village held a symbolic vote on leaving the UK in protest at plans to house 1,200 male asylum seekers at a disused MOD site next door. How should the government respond?

Newsnight's spent the day in the Oxfordshire village which today held a symbolic vote on leaving the UK in protest at plans to house 1,200 male asylum seekers at a disused MOD site next door. How should the government respond? We hear fears from some about the far right exploiting villages like Piddington.

Plus, what should happen to the pension triple-lock?

With Victoria Derbyshire

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