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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Asylum seekers housed in UK hotels to have allowance cut to £1.25 a day

A man seeking asylum stands outside a London hotel in protest at the condition of his accommodation
A man seeking asylum stands outside a London hotel in protest at the condition of his accommodation. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Tens of thousands of asylum seekers forced to live in hotels in the UK while their claims are being processed will have their allowance cut to just £1.25 a day, the government has said.

Support payments for those in hotel accommodation will be cut from £9.58 a week to £8.86 a week in the new year, in a decision refugee charities have called “unfathomable”.

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