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Newspaper headlines: 'Billions wasted on hotels for migrants' and 'Trudeau, madly, deeply'
MPs say Home Office failures led to £15.3bn spent on migrant hotels, with firms earning excessive profits at taxpayer expense, highlighting systemic mismanagement.
- A committee of MPs has accused the Home Office of squandering taxpayers' money, describing it as a `manifest failure` with asylum accommodation costs tripling from £4.5bn to £15.3bn.
- External shocks such as the pandemic and small-boat arrivals increased demand for accommodation, while decisions by the previous Conservative government, including delayed asylum decisions and the Rwanda deportation scheme, worsened the situation.
- The committee criticised contract management and delivery, accusing the Home Office of flawed contracts and incompetent delivery that allowed hotel operators to reap excessive profits from taxpayers.
- MPs warned of inadequate accommodation and safeguarding lapses, citing Hadush Kebatu's mistaken release from prison while housed in an asylum hotel; the Home Office said it closed hotels, cut costs by nearly £1 billion, and is exploring military bases and disused properties.
- Front pages led with the billions wasted on hotel deals as The Telegraph and The Times highlighted losses, while Justice Secretary David Lammy promised deportation of the migrant sex attacker `this week`.
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Billions Wasted on Migrant Hotels: Bombshell Report Reveals "Incompetent" Home Office Lets Private Firms Make "Excessive Profits"
The Home Office has "squandered" billions of pounds on asylum hotels, a damning report by MPs has found, blasting the department's "incompetence" that has allowed private firms to make "excessive profits" from the crisis.
'Disgusting waste of money!' Andrew Griffith tears into Labour's 'totally unacceptable' migrant hotel spending
Andrew Griffith has called for heads to roll after a report by MPs found that the Home Office has wasted billions on contracts to house migrants in hotels
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Total News Sources11
Leaning Left3Leaning Right4Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Right
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- 50% of the sources lean Right
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12%
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