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Government to End Use of Hotels for Asylum Seekers – Chancellor
- On June 11, 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves declared in the House of Commons that the government plans to stop accommodating asylum seekers in hotels within the current parliamentary term.
- This decision follows rising costs and pressure on public services due to the high number of asylum seekers temporarily housed in hotels across the UK, including over 32,000 at the end of March 2025.
- The policy change aims to shift asylum accommodation from costly hotels, which account for 76% of annual accommodation costs, toward medium-sized sites like tower blocks and student housing.
- The National Audit Office expects asylum accommodation costs to total £15.3 billion over ten years, with hotel stays costing £1.3 billion in 2024-25, and the plan could save taxpayers £1 billion annually.
- The government also pledged increased funding to reduce the asylum backlog, speed hearings, and return those without legal rights, indicating a broader effort to reform the asylum system.
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LONDON: Britain’s Labour government pledged to cut a backlog in asylum applications and end “the costly use of hotels to house asylum seekers,” saving £1 billion ($1.3 billion) annually, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced on Wednesday. “Funding that I have provided today ... will cut the asylum backlog, hear more appeal cases and return people who have no
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