Report: UK Asylum Accommodation Costs Triple to £15.3B

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Above: Anti-immigration protest outside the New Bridge Hotel in Newcastle, U.K., on Sept. 6, 2025. Image copyright: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

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Left narrative

The Home Office, under years of Conservative leadership, squandered billions through catastrophic mismanagement of asylum accommodation contracts. Three Conservative Home Secretaries allowed costs to triple while failing to penalize poor performance or reclaim excess profits from private providers. This rushed, chaotic system wasted taxpayer money on contaminated sites and nonexistent bed spaces, all the while creating serious safeguarding failures.

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Right narrative

The asylum accommodation crisis represents a grotesque insult to taxpayers who fund this expensive fiasco while being branded racist for legitimate complaints. Private companies made fortunes, reporting combined profits of £383 million, including Chinese Communist Party-owned hotels that received £15 million from U.K. taxpayers. This system houses dangerous individuals like sex offenders in what should be safe British communities — no matter what party does it, the system should be terminated.

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