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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tobi Thomas

UK cost of living crisis hampering efforts to host Ukrainian refugees

Person taking £10 notes from a wallet
About seven in 10 current or previous sponsors on the Homes for Ukraine scheme said the cost of living was affecting their ability to provide support. Photograph: Purple Marbles/Alamy

The majority of people taking part in a government scheme to house Ukrainians say the rising cost of living is hampering their ability to support the refugees, data suggests.

The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found about a fifth (21%) of current or previous sponsors on the Homes for Ukraine scheme reported that the rising cost of living affected their ability to provide support on the scheme “quite a lot”, while a further 9% said it affected their ability “very much”.

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