Reform UK is preparing a series of legal challenges to close down asylum hotels in areas where it now has control.
Nigel Farage's party has appointed a team of lawyers to prepare judicial reviews aimed at blocking the opening of new asylum hotels in the 10 councils it took control of in the local elections.
The party will also fight to close existing hotels through legal means.
Reform has appointed a King's Counsel to lead what it calls its legal "A-team", which is working pro bono.
Reform UK is preparing a series of legal challenges to close down asylum hotels in areas where it now has control
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These challenges will target the Home Office, which is responsible for selecting hotels to house asylum seekers.
The move is expected to put Reform-controlled councils on a collision course with the Labour Government.
Party chairman Zia Yusuf told The Telegraph: "We will resist the dispersal of thousands of illegal migrants into local communities, which is a huge betrayal of everyone who voted Labour and everyone in the UK."
He added that the party has "some of the best lawyers in the country working for free to resist this awful Government".
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Asylum centres and hotels have been popping up across BritainYusuf said: "We will fight Labour in every possible way we can to protect constituents inside Reform-controlled councils from their horrendous agenda."
He also issued a warning to businesses considering housing asylum seekers, stating: "By doing so we are going to put landlords and hoteliers on notice if you're a hotelier or landlord in a Reform council area, do not expect an easy ride if you are betraying your country."
Councils can bring legal challenges against government decisions affecting them and use public money to finance such action.
Yusuf claims Reform has a strong chance of winning these challenges.
He cited a 2022 case where Great Yarmouth Borough Council successfully blocked asylum hotels on its historic seafront.
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However, other challenges have failed, including attempts by West Lindsey and Braintree district councils.
Reform has also established a "directorate of government efficiency" modelled on Elon Musk's similar department in Washington, a national body which will identify wasteful spending, corruption and uncompetitive procurement processes across its ten councils, Reform claims.
While aiming to cut waste, Yusuf promised to protect essential services.
He said: "If you have a Send child under a Reform council you have nothing to fear, your children will get to school and get to school on time."
