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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Firm managing hotels for uk asylum seekers posts bumper profits - Caught on Camera

The Home Office in central London
The Home Office says providing hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in England and Wales is costing it more than £5m a day. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A company contracted by the UK Home Office to manage hotels and other accommodation for asylum seekers increased its profits more than sixfold last year, with its three directors sharing dividends of almost £28m.

Clearsprings Ready Homes has a 10-year contract to manage asylum seeker accommodation in England and Wales, a mix of hotel accommodation that the Home Office says is costing it more than £5m a day, and shared housing.

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