Downing Street has suggested that housing asylum seekers in army barracks and other unspecified accommodation may actually cost the taxpayer more than asylum hotels. Asked about defence minister Luke Pollard’s words this morning suggesting Labour’s new plan might actually be more costly, Starmer’s spokesman said:
“Costs will vary site by site. Our priority is security and fairness. This is an issue of public confidence over [asylum seekers] being housed in luxury accomodation.”
The PM’s spokesman said the government was “looking at a range of more appropriate sites“, though refused to say what they would be, how many, or a timeline for any expansion of the current two miliary sites being used. Going well then…
