SNP grandstands about compassion then cries foul when bill arrives

THE SNP was accused of turning Glasgow into a “sanctuary” for asylum seekers as the homelessness crisis in the city worsens.

- BY CHRIS McCALL

Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid said the Nats were “taking the biscuit” after Stephen Flynn, SNP leader at Westminster, blamed the UK Home Office for “letting down” Scotland's largest city.

The Record has revealed how SNP-led Glasgow council is facing a £66million overspend on homelessness due to a surge in refugees applying for temporary housing.

Susan Aitken, council leader, has blamed the Home Office policy of moving refugees out of asylum hotels once they have been given leave to remain in the UK.

Flynn told the Record: “Susan has been absolutely right in her approach” and said the city’s homelessness crisis was a “direct result of the Home Office's inability to process individuals in quick time, and its failure to offer support to the local authority”.