Once you bring forces close together in face-to-face trench line, house-to-house fighting, it negates the use of much air support, especially as both sides have a lot of the same gear and it's very difficult to tell between friend and foe.
The previous government's denial of state benefits to asylum seekers who failed to declare their intention on entry has also run into legal trouble: local authorities, forced by legal action tohouse asylum seekers, are fightingto recoup costs from central government.