The fire at Wood Recycling Services (WRS) in Potters Crouch, which began last November, is still smouldering.

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The UK opened up its labour market in 2004, but introduced a Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) to prevent "benefit tourism".

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Power has been off since the start of the blaze at Wood Recycling Services (WRS) in Potters Crouch, on 10 November.

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On Monday, WRS said it was investigating the cause of the blaze but it "could have started by accident, perhaps even by a spent firework".

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Many of those who had come into the country on the WRS would leave as the rest of the EU opened its labour markets, he said.

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