07-05-2025
Cost of Housing UK Asylum Seekers Triples to £15 Billion
The cost of housing UK asylum seekers has more than tripled, Britain's public audit watchdog said, piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government to deliver on its immigration promises.
Contracts handed in 2019 to three private contractors, Clearsprings Ready Homes, Mears Group and Serco Group, were originally estimated by the Home Office to cost £4.5 billion ($6 billion) over 10 years, according to a report on Wednesday by the National Audit Office. It revealed that the latest estimates show they're now expected to cost £15.3 billion through to 2029.
