Tag: Hotels
Asylum sites to cost more than hotels – watchdog
Cost of four sites will run to £1.2bn and outstrip estimated bill for private rooms, watchdog finds.
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Luxury hotels move into Nashville as demand for rooms surges
Nashville is seeing an unprecedented surge in luxury hotels, with renowned brands such as the Four Seasons Hotel, the W Hotel and the Grand Hyatt open [...]
Where are asylum seekers being housed in hotels in the UK?
The government wants to end contracts with hotels for housing asylum seekers, in order to cut costs.
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Minister: We will close 50 hotels to asylum seekers
Robert Jenrick said hotels should be used for wedding and birthdays, and not housing illegal migrants at "unsustainable cost to the taxpayer". The imm [...]
Government to close 50 migrant hotels
The BBC understand around 400 hotels were being used to house asylum seekers at a cost of £8m a day.
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Afghan refugees moved out of hotels now homeless
Many Afghan families are still living in temporary accommodation two years after coming to the UK.
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‘Routine’ housing of child asylum seekers in hotels unlawful, High Court rules
In a ruling on Thursday, Mr Justice Chamberlain said: "From December 2021 at the latest, the practice of accommodating children in hotels, outside loc [...]
Afghan refugees to move out of UK hotels over the summer
Labour warns the move could mean families who have resettled in the UK could become homeless.
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Energy bills: Hotels stuck in pricey contracts as costs fall
It added: "While as a regulator, we can't unpick private contracts, we want to see commercially sensible solutions that help non-domestic customers, a [...]
Immigration minister quizzed over asylum seekers in hotels
The UK has to "reduce its reliance on hotels" for housing asylum seekers, immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said. But while hotels were in use, [...]
UK has to reduce reliance on hotels to house migrants, says Robert Jenrick
Immigration minister says asking migrants to share rooms is "fair and reasonable" in some cases.
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Afghan refugees to be moved out of hotels under new government plans
The new plan applies to Afghans who have arrived in the UK under two resettlement schemes: the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), which focus [...]
UK asylum plans: Plans on future of migrant hotels to be announced
A Home Office spokesperson said: "We have always been upfront about the unprecedented pressure being placed on our asylum system, brought about by a s [...]
Private firms profiting from asylum hotels, BBC learns
The government pays millions each day to house asylum seekers in almost 400 hotels across the UK.
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Labour accuse Tories of spending sprees on hotels, dining and gifts
But Conservatives say Labour's analysis of spending by government departments is a "political stunt".
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