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POLICY AND POLITICS

MPs scold Home Office over lack of council involvement in asylum

Local authorities still lack a ‘meaningful say’ in asylum accommodation decisions, a cross-party committee of MPs has warned.

The Home Office's headquarters in Marsham Street, London

Local authorities still lack a ‘meaningful say' in asylum accommodation decisions, a cross-party committee of MPs has warned.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which examines the value for money of Government projects, said there was ‘little evidence the Home Office fully understands the impact of its approach on local services'.

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