14 h. ago Estimated cost of asylum seeker accommodation treble what expected, says watchdog

The original estimate for asylum seeker housing was £4.5billion for 2019-2029, but that is expected to rise to £15.3billion, according to the National Audit Office

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17 h. ago The staggering cost of Britain's asylum problem revealed: Taxpayer pays £4million a DAY on migrant hotels and accommodation

Contracts were originally forecast to cost £4.5billion over a decade from 2019 but are now expected to run to £15.3bn over same period, after the Channel crisis exploded, NAO says

Economics

17 h. ago Estimated cost of asylum accommodation treble what was expected, says watchdog

The National Audit Office said the original estimate of £4.5 billion for 2019-2029 was expected to rise to £15.3 billion.

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18 h. ago Britain spends £4million a DAY on migrant hotels and asylum accommodation: Taxpayers will pay £15BILLION over 10 years

Contracts were originally forecast to cost £4.5billion over a decade from 2019 but are now expected to run to £15.3bn over same period, after the Channel crisis exploded, NAO says

Economics

50 h. ago The migrant hotel that has turned a quiet country idyll upside down: Locals complain loitering asylum seekers ask for cash and even peer through our windows

The Sandpiper Hotel, just outside historic Chesterfield in rural Derbyshire, has been used to accommodate asylum seekers for around two years.

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52 h. ago The migrant hotel that has turned a quiet country idyll upside down. Locals complaine loitering asylum seekers ask for cash and even peer through our windows

The Sandpiper Hotel, just outside historic Chesterfield in rural Derbyshire, has been used to accommodate asylum seekers for around two years.

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62 h. ago Nigel Farage ally pledges costly legal battles after hollow migrant hotel vow

Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf said his party would launch judicial reviews and injunctions when challenged whether Nigel Farage had made a pledge he cannot keep

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3 d. ago Reform promise to use 'every instrument of power available' to ban migrant hotels in areas where they control the local council

Over the weekend the party's chairman Zia Yusuf also said young people needed a moral re-education and schools would teach a love of Britain if his party was in power.

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4 d. ago 'We're worried...we've been kept in the dark': Inside leafy Cheshire town convulsed by fear after 300 male migrants arrived at hotel in dead of night

Six months on from moving into a hotel in Altrincham MailOnline has discovered many of the original migrant arrivals have been evicted - only to start living in tents nearby.

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8 d. ago Immigration law changes: New rules to reduce migrant hotel use and restrict sex offender refugee claims

Measures to be introduced following cases such as the chemical attack by Abdul Ezedi, who threw a corrosive substance over his former girlfriend and two children in Clapham last year

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9 d. ago Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide

The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to pay for an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.”

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9 d. ago The migrant 'hotel kings' paid up to £700m a year in taxpayers' cash: Kebab shop owner and property tycoon ran firm housing asylum seekers in 'four

Safwan Adam and Bassam Gilini have cashed in thanks to their firm Stay Belvedere Hotels Limited which has been stripped of its Home Office contract.

Economics

9 d. ago New laws for foreign sex offenders and measures to reduce use of migrant hotels proposed by Home Office

Measures to be introduced following cases such as the chemical attack by Abdul Ezedi, who threw a corrosive substance over his former girlfriend and two children in Clapham last year

Society

1 week ago We want to escape the migrant hotel storm that made our village a 'hell hole'

EXCLUSIVE: Despairing homeowners of multi-million pound properties in a leafy village in the shadow of Windsor Castle say the introduction of asylum seekers has made their homes unsellable.

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1 week ago The downfall of one of Britain's most powerful dynasties: How reckless spending, debauchery and bigamy brought down the House of Montagu

A new book reveals the downfall of a dynasty - one of Britain's most powerful families. The Fall of the House of Montagu, by Robery Wainwright, details how the family frittered away its fortune.

Politics

2 w. ago You are descending into populist frustration. Thank you for continuing to hold | John Naughton

Neverending calls to automated customer service lines aren’t just frustrating – new research suggests they may be quietly radicalising as wellQuestion: what are the eight most annoying words in the English language? Answer: “Your call is important to us please hold.” But when you have turned into a gibbering wreck after 10 minutes of your valuable time have ticked away – intermittently punctuated by assurances that, while your tormentor is “experiencing high call volumes at the moment”, nevertheless your call is still important to him/her/it – you can take comfort in the thought that you are not alone. In fact, you belong to the majority of sentient beings in an industrial society like ours.Thanks to a useful piece of market research, we now have an idea of the numbers of victims of this industrial practice – at least in the UK. A survey commissioned by the New Britain Project thinktank found that the average Briton spends between 28 and 41 minutes every week coping with inefficient...

Politics

2 w. ago Keir Starmer faces plea to stop wasting money on asylum hotels using aid cash

More than 100 organisations have written to Keir Starmer urging him to cancel asylum accommodation contracts and stop diverting cash from the UK's aid budget, which is being slashed

Economics

3 w. ago SNP minister claims her £19,000 pay rise won't cost the taxpayer a single penny

SNP ministers have faced a backlash after they were handed whopping pay rises.

Economics

3 w. ago Union officials ‘hopeful’ of Scunthorpe steel materials delivery within 48 hours

British Steel staff and civil servants are expected to spend Monday trying to prevent the permanent shutdown of Britain’s last steel-making plant.

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