A deal brokered more than a decade ago to stop asylum seekers being housed in north Manchester could be lifted - but no one wants to talk about it.
The ban on new asylum seeker accommodation is still in place in some parts of the city. The moratorium on asylum seeker accommodation in certain Manchester postcodes was put in place during the last Labour government.
But Serco - the company contracted by the government to house asylum seekers in the north west - wants to lift the moratorium, according to Manchester council.
It comes as the government tries to cut the use of hotels as asylum seeker accommodation which it claims is costing the taxpayer £6m a day.
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