26 h. ago This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal | Gaby Hinsliff

A blistering new report tells a tale of billions wasted and vulnerable people left traumatised, while companies profit from a blundering stateA young man lounges under a beach umbrella in shorts, the sunny Dubai skyline visible over his shoulder. You, too, he tells his followers, can live the millionaire lifestyle plastered all over his social media accounts; the secret is housing vulnerable people at the taxpayer’s expense. The TikToker Luigi Newton, who says he started out working in a call centre and now manages a string of mostly social housing properties remotely from overseas, is just one of a new breed of landlord influencers boasting about the supposedly rich pickings to be made from buying up and renovating cheap housing to rent to social housing providers, ensuring a steady, hassle-free stream of government-backed income dropping into their accounts.In one video, Newton admits he’s had flak online because one of his main clients is the outsourcing giant Serco, which mostly...

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43 h. ago Starmer ‘angry’ over asylum accommodation ‘mess left from last government’

It comes as a report published on Monday said that billions of pounds had been ‘squandered’ on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement.

Politics

57 h. ago Billions squandered on asylum hotels because of Home Office ‘incompetence’

Home Office oversight over asylum accommodation is chaotic and incompetent, causing costs to spiral, influential group of MPs warns

Society

58 h. ago Billions 'wasted' on hotels for migrants: Bombshell report reveals 'incompetent' Home Office staff let private firms make 'excessive profits' from small boat crisis

The Home Office has 'squandered' billions of pounds on asylum hotels, a report has found. MPs blasted the department's 'incompetence' over its handling of a 'chaotic and expensive' system.

Economics

58 h. ago Home Office wasted billions on asylum hotels due to ‘flawed contracts’, MPs say

Leadership failures at UK government department criticised by cross-party Commons committee

Society

58 h. ago Damning asylum hotel report finds Tory failures cost taxpayer billions of pounds

A long-awaited report by MPs found 'chaotic' Home Office policies under the Tories cost taxpayers billions and meant private firms raked in massive profits

Economics

58 h. ago Home Office has chance to end ‘failed’ asylum accommodation system, MPs say

The Home Office has repeatedly cut corners and wasted taxpayers’ money in its ‘chaotic’ response to asylum accommodation pressures, MPs warned.

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69 h. ago UK taxpayers paying £15m a year to Chinese firms to run asylum hotels as part of Beijing's £190 billion British business empire

Hotels in Cheshire, Kent and Cardiff used to house migrants are ultimately owned by Chinese businesses close to the communist regime.

Economics

1 week ago Shower glass will be clean in 15 seconds thanks to 1 natural item that 'eats through limescale'

Cleaning experts have shared how hotel cleaners always manage to achieve a "flawless" looking shower screen in "seconds" and it doesn't involve white vinegar

Politics

3 w. ago The getaway in Scotland's 'best place to see autumn colours' you can book for huge discount

"Flawless stay. This is an extremely good hotel."

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4 w. ago ‘It could have been an email’: Viewers stunned by Hegseth and Trump’s bizarre Quantico speeches to military chiefs

One defense official called the meeting a ‘waste of money,’ and another likened it to a ‘press conference’

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4 w. ago Dog doo detectives: Meet the man making millions by exposing pet owners who don't pick up... Now he wants to track every pooch in America

Welcome to the brave new world of property management, where officials seeking to eliminate rogue dog waste test samples and track down offenders.

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