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The tiny Oxfordshire hamlet with a population of less than 400 has been earmarked to house over 1,000 asylum seekers

The Chair of Piddington Parish Council has hit out at Andy Burnham's "extraordinary" silence after earmarking their community to house a staggering 1,250 male asylum seekers.

Speaking to GB News, Tim McNally declared he is "astonished" at the lack of response from not only the Prime Minister, but any members of the Labour Government.

Residents in the tiny Oxfordshire hamlet are holding an emergency meeting tonight ahead of a referendum to leave Andy Burnham's "HMO Britain".

Speaking to GB News, the Prime Minister previously pledged to listen to their concerns.

He said: "We understand people's concerns, and I will look into the issues raised by the good people of Piddington."

Piddington residents have been dealt a further hammer blow by Oxfordshire County Council after locals spotted signs on their 14 lampposts, informing them that the lights will be turned off between the hours of 12:30am and 5:30am to "reduce their carbon emissions".

Expressing his outrage at the situation, Mr McNally told GB News: "It's been extraordinary, we've had absolutely nothing.

"In fact, the only thing we've all received is that pamphlet, understanding of operational behaviour of asylum seekers in their environments.

"So we're astonished that there's been no response whatsoever, not just from the Prime Minister, but actually from no women Labour backbenchers.

"They've not even stepped up to show any empathy with risk or security that a community would need to sustain as a consequence of such an environment."

Hitting out at the council's decision to turn off the lampposts at night, Mr McNally added: "We've got little notes that have been added onto all of the lampposts, stating that these lampposts now will not be operating between the hours of midnight until 5am in the morning. We'll have no streetlights.

"We've only got 14 of them. We're a four square miles of a village, and yet our guests will be entitled to roam freely as they have been doing in Wethersfield."

The Parish Councillor stressed that Wethersfield residents have informed him of asylum seekers "roaming around properties" in the early hours of the morning.

He said: "We're using Wethersfield as our sort of like ground zero of understanding in terms of the operation and the environment, and they're able to roam freely.

"They've been roaming in front of and around the properties of those residents at four in the morning, but we'll have no lights here."

Looking ahead to the community's referendum in September, Mr McNally accused the Government of "ignoring" the concerns of communities across the country about housing asylum seekers.

He told GB News: "On the 15th of September it'll be our official sort of referendum day to leave the United Kingdom, and we know that it's symbolic, but it's not about the symbolicness of it, it's about the energy that this village feels and the rest of the country is feeling, but specifically about what have you done to us as a community to make us want to do this?

"And that's really what this message is about. What are you doing? You're not listening, you don't engage, you're trying to ignore us, you're trying to keep us quiet. We're not going to keep quiet.

"We're going to have lots of little red blocks all over this United Kingdom for the same communities who'll be doing exactly the same as what we're doing. These people are so energised and they want to make a difference."

In a statement, a Downing Street spokesman has told GB News: "The concerns of communities are central to our immigration reforms, which is why we are working with local authorities and others to make the system fairer by housing asylum seekers in basic accommodation, including ex-military sites.

"Five military sites are either in use or being explored. We have already seen results.

"The population of asylum seekers in hotels has fallen by 35 per cent in the last year, and by 63 per cent from the peak of 56,000 in 2023.

"Overall, asylum costs have already fallen by nearly £1billion since the general election."