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How does a government overspend on asylum by £6bn pounds?
Season 1 · Episode 906

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

The chancellor Rachel Reeves accused the previous Conservative government of 'covering up' a £22bn hole in the public finances including £6 billion on housing asylum seekers that hadn’t been budgeted for.

Sensemaker · The Observer

August 1, 20246m 17s

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The chancellor Rachel Reeves accused the previous Conservative government of 'covering up' a £22bn hole in the public finances including £6 billion on housing asylum seekers that hadn’t been budgeted for.


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