Ministers pressed over refugee funding cuts

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2023

MPs have questioned the rationale behind Government cuts to funding for Ukranian refugees.

The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee yesterday pressed ministers over what assessments had been made before reducing the funding from £10,500 per person to £5,900, leaving councils to pick up any shortfall.

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