there were far right groups that were attracted to the issues at play within stradey park hotel location in llanelli and as a result of that there have been investigations and our ongoing investigations, with over a0 people arrested, so no doubt that has contributed to the additional cost of the policing of the wider incident. dyfed—powys police told this programme... the furnace action group says the policing bill could have been avoided if the home office had just consulted with the local community and listen to them. we said at the outset of the campaign lastjune that the plan to house asylum seekers at the stradey park hotel was deeply flawed, that no due diligence had been done on the subject, and we wanted to preserve the 100 jobs that are on site. but sadly, during the course of the campaign, there was quite a lot of friction, a lot of splits in the community, a lot of aggro, a lot of social media commentary, resulted in lots of pain and heartache for lots of people. but for now, this community is trying to restore the hotel once seen as its jewel, while grappling with the tension

but the costs associated with stradey park hotel did not stop there.other public bodies such as the health board and the local authority, who are having to respond to, again, as i repeat, the strategic decision made by the home office, which was out of our control. the costs are not the only issue. the dispute has impacted the local community in other ways. last year a bbc newsnight investigation found that groups described as far right got involved in the campaign, causing even more tensions in the area. there were far right groups that were attracted to the issues at play within stradey park hotel location in llanelli and as a result of that there have been investigations and our ongoing investigations, with over 40 people arrested, so no doubt that has contributed to the additional cost of the policing of the wider incident.