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COUNCIL LEADER HITS OUT AT USE OF ASYLUM SEEKER HOTELS
Burton Mail
|October 30, 2025
‘The squandering of millions on costly hotels is a disgrace’
THE leader of Staffordshire County Council has branded the spiralling cost of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers a ‘disgrace’
A report by the Home Affairs Committee said ‘flawed contracts’ and ‘incompetent delivery’ left the Home Office relying on hotels as ‘go-to solutions’ instead of temporary stopgaps.
This story is from the October 30, 2025 edition of Burton Mail.
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