The Conservative government is facing criticism for spending £2.92 billion on hotel fees for migrants, which amounts to £8 million a day. This expenditure surpasses the budget allocated for the nuclear deterrent and has sparked debate over its prioritization. Critics argue that the funds could be used to address other pressing issues, such as the teacher shortage crisis. Additionally, government-purchased migrant accommodation constitutes over 20% of UK hotel revenues. Critics highlight that more is spent on housing migrants in hotels than on educating the children of Wales.
We spend more on migrant hotel fees than we do on the nuclear deterrent per year https://t.co/N82bWfOc9f
To spend more housing migrants in hotels in the UK than we do on educating the children of Wales is an extreme policy position. https://t.co/SzsSqg49Sl
Millions spent on hotels for homeless by council https://t.co/REBbewoX61
Pretty crazy that gov-purchased migrant accommodation makes up over 20% of UK hotel revenues https://t.co/l5aFWaXVZv https://t.co/cBdR4Sh8W4
Correction Tories spend more on hotel fees for migrants than the nuclear deterrent #zeroseats https://t.co/CSKjfHuhaR https://t.co/Sb3TZSMLEZ
The Conservative government spends £2.92 billion on hotel fees for migrants btw £8 million a day That’s more than enough money to resolve the teacher shortage crisis btw https://t.co/0LcGTQjfDU