How does a government overspend on asylum by 6bn pounds?

Published: Aug. 1, 2024, 4 a.m.

The chancellor Rachel Reeves accused the previous Conservative government of 'covering up' a \xa322bn hole in the public finances including \xa36 billion on housing asylum seekers that hadn\u2019t been budgeted for.


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