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Home Office gets £150million for more large-scale asylum centres, as Tories warn it shows Labour has 'no intention whatsoever' of stopping and deporting illegal immigrants

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The UK Treasury has allocated £150 million for the Home Office to build more large-scale asylum accommodation centers, according to Budget documents. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp criticized this funding, claiming it shows Labour's lack of intent to stop or deport illegal immigrants. The Conservative Party is advocating leaving the European Convention on Human Rights to facilitate deportation. While no specific locations or number of new centers have been disclosed, existing facilities like Wethersfield in Essex and Crowborough in East Sussex have sparked local protests due to concerns over community impact and operational timelines.

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As part of the 2027-28 budget, the UK Treasury allocated £150 million to the Home Office for establishing additional large-scale asylum accommodation centers. This funding aims to continue closing controversial "asylum hotels" and address ongoing disputes over existing facilities in places like Wethersfield, Essex, and Crowborough, East Sussex. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp criticized this move, stating that it shows Labour has no intention of stopping or deporting illegal immigrants but instead will accommodate them within the UK. The Conservative plan includes leaving the European Convention on Human Rights to enable immediate deportation of all illegal immigrants upon arrival. No specific locations for new centers have been disclosed yet.

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Labour will spend another £150million on new large-scale asylum accommodation centres, Budget documents revealed.

right Implies Labour's policy is to accommodate more asylum seekers.

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“The articles discuss different aspects of the Budget, one focusing on welfare payments and the other on funding for asylum accommodation centres.”

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Labour will spend another £150million on new large-scale asylum accommodation centres, Budget documents revealed. asserted

documents → spend → centres

The Treasury said the extra funds would allow the Home Office to carry on closing controversial asylum hotels. But it also opens the prospect of more communities in rural Britain having large numbers of asylum seekers on their doorstep, in the wake of intense rows over existing centres at Wethersfield, Essex, and Crowborough, East Sussex. asserted

communities → say → Wethersfield

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said of the new spending: ‘This shows the Government has no intention whatsoever of stopping illegal immigrants or deporting them. ‘Instead they will be accommodated here. asserted

they → say → them

‘The Conservative plan is instead to leave the European Convention on Human Rights so all illegal immigrants can be deported on arrival.’ asserted

immigrants → leave → arrival

Treasury documents said it would provide £150million in 2027-28 to ‘fund additional large sites to accommodate asylum seekers and facilitate the government’s commitment to end the use of asylum hotels’. asserted

it → say → hotels

The money would be spent on setting up new bases and not on running costs. asserted

money → spend → costs

No details have yet been released on how many new centres will be set up, nor any possible locations. asserted

centres → release → ?

Current sites have been established on former Ministry of Defence bases. asserted

sites → establish → bases

Last month residents of Piddington, Oxfordshire, voted – symbolically – to leave the UK in protest at plans for a new asylum centre near their homes, which will see the 350 villagers outnumbered four-to-one by 1,250 adult male asylum seekers. asserted

villagers → vote → seekers

Protesters gather in Braintree, Essex, to demonstrate against asylum seeker accommodation at nearby Wethersfield in August 2025 Wethersfield cost £49million to set up and is set to expand from 800 to 1,245 beds. asserted

Wethersfield → gather → beds

It was originally set to operate until April but is now likely to run until 2030 Residents are also opposing other proposed new centres at Barnham in Norfolk and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire. asserted

Residents → set → Yorkshire

Wethersfield cost £49million to set up and is set to expand from 800 to 1,245 beds. asserted

Wethersfield → cost → beds

It was originally set to operate until April but is now likely to run until 2030. asserted

It → set → 2030

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch visited Piddington in Oxfordshire last month as residents voted overwhelmingly to become an 'independent state', in a symbolic protest at the Home Office's decision to build an asylum centre on their doorstep Meanwhile, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said the cost of supporting asylum seekers will continue to fall if the Home Office continues processing claims at the same rate. uncertain

Office → visit → rate

However, costs are passed on to local authorities after the Home Office grants someone asylum status. asserted

Office → pass → status

The OBR said this had contributed to homeless spending by councils – outside the Homelessness Reduction Act – rising from £2billion in 2010-11 to £4billion in 2025-26. asserted

spending → say → 2025

Home Office gets £150million for more large-scale asylum centres, as Tories warn it shows Labour has 'no intention whatsoever' of stopping and deporting illegal immigrants

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