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    Government to end use of hotels for asylum seekers – Chancellor

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    1. ComicFilmNewsGirls96 on

      That will never happen that’s for sure the gov are talking absolutely BS as per usual

    3. corbynista2029 on

      >Following Wednesday’s arrivals, shadow home secretary Chris Philp said now 15,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in the “worst year ever for small boat crossings so far”, adding “this is a total collapse of border control”.

      Whose fault is it Chris Philp? How many small boat crossings did we have in 2018, and how many in 2022? May want to ask his friends Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson about it.

    4. Chillmm8 on

      “One of the ideas is to move away from hotels to medium-sized sites such as old tower blocks and student accommodation, she said.”

      And as everyone expected, they don’t actually have a plan.

    5. dalehitchy on

      Labour better actually deliver on this because if they don’t, reform will be coming, and that’s what I don’t want to happen. They really should have prioritised this as soon as they got into power.

      What’s the actual plan here, if they arnt going to stay in hotels, where are they staying? We don’t have social housing. Are the government going to pay private landlords for housing? That won’t go down well with the general public (and completely understandable). And whilst I’m happy the government said they want to smash the gangs…. What’s there plan? Are they actually beginning to tackle it? The numbers have gone up. Do they have a new plan?

      I’m not anti immigration nor am I anti asylum seeker but we can’t look after the numbers coming in and I’d rather Labour deal with it properly so we don’t get the likes of reform and farage.

    6. Melanjoly on

      If they give them all the social housing stock while everyone else is stuck on endless waiting lists, there will be riots.

    7. LSL3587 on

      I remember they promised to close the asylum hotels in their manifesto – then after the election they closed down that barge and opened more hotels for asylum seekers, now they are going to sort that problem. All while record numbers come in by boat.

      *It comes as findings from the National Audit Office revealed the cost of asylum accommodation is expected to be more than three times higher than previously estimated at £15.3 billion over 10 years. Hotel accommodation accounted for 76% of the annual cost of contracts – £1.3 billion of an estimated £1.7 billion in 2024-25.****On Tuesday, Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle told MPs the department is piloting different ways to provide asylum accommodation ahead of break clauses for major contracts coming up next year.***

      November last year – [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/03/uk-asylum-system-would-descend-into-chaos-without-more-hotels-says-minister](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/03/uk-asylum-system-would-descend-into-chaos-without-more-hotels-says-minister)

      *The asylum system would “descend into chaos” if Labour refused to open more hotels for people seeking refuge in the UK, a Home Office minister [Angela Eagle] has told the Guardian.*

      Contracts lasting until next year – we don’t yet know what to do with them – but Labour claiming problem solved. A bit like unfunded spending commitments – like the extra money for Winter Fuel Allowance being announced. Didn’t take them long to start doing the same as the Tories.

    8. Fabulous_Can6778 on

      Instead of putting them in local hotels leading to anti immigration movements popping off in small towns across the country, they should be either processed overseas or in large camps. It would probably cost more, but lead to less political harm as communities wouldn’t be “seeing” the spend directly.

    9. ManOnNoMission on

      This sub: get rid of asylum hotels.

      Government: okay, here’s a timetable.

      This sub: here’s why you’re wrong.

    10. Infinitystar2 on

      Why are Labour playing into the Reform crowd? Nothing less than lining up every asylum seeker and having them shot will be enough for most of them.