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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor

Priti Patel threatens action over ‘unfounded’ asylum seeker hotel claims

Priti Patel at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham last month
Patel said any indication that she had breached her statutory obligations by failing to book hotels for asylum seekers was ‘categorically untrue’. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Priti Patel is threatening to launch a formal complaint after Home Office sources made a “categorically untrue” claim that she oversaw a two-month summer “pause” in finding hotel rooms for asylum seekers.

The former home secretary said she was considering writing to the department’s top official after “unfounded” briefings seeking to blame her for decisions made under her successor, Suella Braverman.

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