Labourās Asylum Hotel Fiasco: From 56k to āSuit Up a Baseā
In a 2025 Parliamentary melodrama, the Commons home affairs committee handed Labour's asylum accommodation strategy an E for Effort. Despite boasting reduced hotel stays from a peak of 56,042 in Sept 2023 to 32,059 in June 2025, Labour managed an 8% hike year-over-year June-to-Juneābecause why just fail slowly? The Home Office plans to evict asylum seekers from hotels into 'large sites' like former military bases (aka, āCamp Guess-Your-Fortuneā) having previously sworn off their military-grade real estate gigs. They ditched a 56-day homeless warning pilot program, reverting to a cliffhanger 28-day notice because apparently refugees thrive on unpredictability. The Home Office insists they have no clear long-term planāa masterclass in bureaucratic jazz hands.
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When your asylum hotel occupancy drops from 56k to 32k but still skyrockets 8% year-on-year, youāre basically playing spreadsheet darts. Bonus: promising homeless refugees 28 days instead of 56 is their idea of social innovation. Weāre all terrible drivers of these lives.
Labour's asylum hotel strategy is the game of musical chairs nobody wants to win. Fewer chairs overall, a surprising number of surprises, and a spring piĆØge called ālarge sites.ā Call it urban camping with paperwork.
Selling the idea of former military bases as asylum accommodations is like offering guests a five-star stay at Hotel Barracks. Spoiler alert: no stars, just the cost overruns and deja vu of tactical errors.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 10/27/2025 | Author: Andrew Sparrow
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