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Jemma Crew

Double payments to Ukrainian refugee hosts amid cost-of-living crisis – minister

The war in Ukraine started six months ago (PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

Monthly payments to sponsors of Ukrainian refugees should double to help them carry on hosting for longer than six months while the cost of living spirals, the minister responsible has said.

Around 25,000 offers of accommodation from hosts under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have been taken up so far, with an average of three Ukrainians living in each home, Lord Richard Harrington said.

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