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- The National Audit Office said the early large-sites programme would cost £46 million more than asylum hotels.
- The NAO recorded £2.9 million of fruitless spending on the abandoned 2022 RAF Linton-on-Ouse proposal.
- The Conservative government drafted 2022 plans to convert former RAF bases into asylum accommodation.
- The manifesto pledged to end asylum hotels and save billions.
- Labour’s Rachel Reeves promised £1 billion savings by 2029.