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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Anahita Hossein-Pour

Government to end use of hotels for asylum seekers – Chancellor

Police presence outside the Cairn Hotel in Bathgate, which was being used to house asylum seekers last year (PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government will end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers in this Parliament, the Chancellor has said, despite a warning it will be “easier said than done”.

Unveiling her spending review on Wednesday, Rachel Reeves set out how funding will be provided to cut the asylum backlog and save taxpayers billions of pounds.

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