Government allocates £150 million for large-scale asylum accommodation
The short version
- The Treasury has allocated £150 million for capital investment in 2027-2028.
- The funds are intended to support the creation of additional large sites for asylum seekers.
- The Home Office will use the funds to continue closing controversial asylum hotels.
- The announcement follows Chancellor John Healey's Budget statement.
- The government says the investment supports its commitment to ending the use of asylum hotels.
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First reported by GB News Labour to use £150MILLION of taxpayers’ money to ‘fund additional large sites to accommodate asylum seekers’
Daily Mail Home Office gets £150million for more large-scale asylum centres, as Tories warn it shows Labour has ‘no intention whatsoever’ of stopping and deporting illegal immigrants
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- Daily Mail, right-leaningHome Office gets £150million for more large-scale asylum centres, as Tories warn it shows Labour has ‘no intention whatsoever’ of stopping and deporting illegal immigrants
- GB News, right-leaningLabour to use £150MILLION of taxpayers’ money to ‘fund additional large sites to accommodate asylum seekers’