Yvette Cooper comments on the Home Office Annual Report

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the publication of the Home Office’s Annual Report, said:

“This report illustrates the staggering costs of the Tories’ asylum chaos, with the taxpayer now spending an astronomical £8 million a day on hotels and the costs still going up and up. That is the price of the Conservatives’ utter failure to get a grip on this issue - now costing over £3 billion a year.

“Shockingly, the cost of hotel accommodation has gone up by a third since Rishi Sunak promised to end hotel use. The Tories have busted the Home Office budget, they’ve broken the asylum system, and the British people are paying the price.

“Only Labour has a serious plan to end hotel use, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds, as well as smashing the criminal gang networks to strengthen our border security and stop dangerous boat crossings.”  

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Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1185849/Home_Office_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_22-23.pdf