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Inhumane barge and airbase housing for asylum-seekers to cost £46m more than hotels

PLANS to cram asylum-seekers into barges and RAF bases will cost tens of millions more than housing them in humane conditions in hotels, official data shows. 

The National Audit Office (NAO) revealed today that the Home Office expects to splash out £1.2 billion on converted accommodation — £46 million more than they would on hotels.

The department is developing four major projects  — the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, the former RAF bases at Scampton in Lincolnshire and Wethersfield in Essex, and ex-student accommodation in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

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