UK Home Office spent billions on asylum hotels, MPs say | BBC News

The Home Office has "squandered" billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on asylum accommodation, according to a report by a committee of MPs.

“Flawed contracts" and "incompetent delivery" left the department unable to cope with a surge in demand and it relied on hotels as "go-to solutions" instead of temporary stop-gaps, according to the Home Affairs Committee.

The MPs said expected costs had tripled to more than £15bn and not enough had been done to recoup excess profits.

A Home Office spokesperson said the government was "furious about the number of illegal migrants in this country and in hotels", and reiterated its pledge to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029.

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