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On the recordAugust 22, 2025
Labour say the number of asylum hotels has halved. What they aren’t saying is all of that cut happened before the general election last year.
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Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party

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Criticism of Labour's handling of asylum hotel numbers and migration policy.

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