Our £300,000 bill for asylum seekers to stay at luxury hotel

Council leader Matthew Colledge said: “To be given less than 48 hours’ notice of the imposition of a large contingent of asylum seekers is frankly ludicrous.

“It is intensely irritating that, as council leader, I have had no opportunity to influence the decision at all. I recognise some asylum seekers are escaping from appalling situations but schools and GPs’ surgeries are already full.”

The Labour group leader David Acton agreed. He said: “This is an appalling situation, an absolute shambles and unacceptable.”

A spokesman for Serco said yesterday: “We are currently using the Amblehurst Hotel to temporarily accommodate a number of asylum seekers.

“In due course, these people will be found further housing throughout the North-west of England pending the outcome of reviews into their eligibility to claim asylum.”

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