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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Diane Taylor

UNCOVERED: Asylum seeker accommodation likely to cost three times more than forecast - Caught on Camera

The Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Rotherham
The Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Rotherham was housing asylum seekers when it was attacked by far right protesters at the end of last year. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

Accommodation for asylum seekers is expected to cost more than £15bn, three times the amount the Home Office originally estimated, according to the latest figures.

The Conservative government signed contracts in 2019 that were due to pay £4.5bn of taxpayers’ money to three companies over a decade.

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